I cant seem to restore my iphone from my computer backup i did lastnight?

it only gives me the option to back up, not to restore, but on my screen is displayed: Latest backup: yesterday 19:36 to this computer. Help?

The ipod is not a storage/backup device. The sync is one way - computer to ipod. The only exception is itunes purchases. File>Devices>Transfer Purchases
Have you failed to maintain a backup copy of your computer?

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I plan on buying an iPhone 4S (64 GB Black) on Friday, and have been using an iPod Touch 2nd Generation (8 GB) for over a year and a half. I love my iPod, and have a lot of pictures, data from apps, et cetera stored on it, and I would obviously want them on my shiny new iPhone, running the way they did on my iPod. I am especially concerned with game progress, as I love my iPod as a gaming machine and hope that my progress would transfer over to my iPhone.
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1. Unplug the phone, double tap the home button and quit all the apps, and turn it off. It's probably not necessary to shut it down entirely, but that's what OCD does - it makes you do irrational things.
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Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
From your post I understand you want to restore your iOS backups to the new iTunes installation. Take a look at the information below on how you can accomplish this.
If you backed your iOS device up to iTunes, back up your devices on the new computer or manually transfer the backups from your old computer. The backups belong in:
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Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
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Windows 8: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
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