How to restore iPhone from backup, not working right

Hello, today I updated my iPhone to the latest version (6.1.2?) and after it was finished, or not finished, it came up on my PC saying it could not be updated and had to be restored for some reason. So, I restored it, knowing my phone backs up everytime I sync it. It last restored at 4 o clock today, before I updated it. So, I went to restore from backup, it started, ran for about a minute, then popped up saying it could not be restored from backup because the backup could not be found on my computer. I see the backup very clearly on my iTunes, it's there. Now it shows up like a new iPhone and it's wiped out. I had very important documents on my notes, plus text messages I needed, and this isn't working. I'm livid about this, please help.

hi can you help me please????
i backed up my iphone 4 yesterday as i was taking my iphone for repair, instead i recived a new iphone so i tried restoring it back on to my iphone.when i go through the prosses of restoring it i check my iphone but i stil haven't got anyting back.but on my itunes it shows me that i backed everytin up yesterday at 11:52 am which is correct so wy can't i get my stuff back???

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