HT1766 I sync my ipad at least once a week, i lost some data yesterday but like I said, i synnced my ipad 4 days ago and i want to restore to that point. when i choose "Restore from backup" the only options i see on the grid list is today, wheres a week a

Question

i want to restore from the auto updates that are made by itunes.

Answer 1

When you synced the iPad today, you overwrote the backup fromlast week. If you would have turned off auto sunc and simply restored from the backup without syncing, you would have bee fine.
In certain situations - such as when you only sync once a week, iTunes creates a new backup for that sync that overwrites the last backup. If it has been a week since you last synced, iTunes reads the latest data on the iPad since the last backup and then creates a new up to date backup.