HT201210 trouble with restore from backup choose

Hi!
i got an iphone 3G with older verison (4.1.3) and i wanted to upgrade to a new version
ive backup my phone as a NEW DEVISE and saved every thing on my itunes.
i upgraded successfully and tried to restore my devise.
when i did it first of all i couldnt choose the NEW DEVISE and only some old backups.
and when i did try to restore from the old ones...ive got an error saying cant restore from back up...
any ides what can i do?
please help me...i lost all my contacts...
truly yours.
Noam

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