How to restore an older backup?

How can I restore an older backup from my PC to my iPhone 4?

In general iTunes keeps only one backup, the most recent. Except when you update iOS, then the last backup of the previous version is preserved. You can restore it by connecting to iTunes, clicking on Restore Backup..., then click on the name of the backup. If there are any backups that can be restored they will appear in a dropdown.
If you back up to iCloud it keeps the 3 most recent backups.

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    During today's operating system update on my iPhone 5, something went wrong. The update didn't work, and the phone was restored to factory settings.
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