IPhone 4s: upgrade from ios 5.1 to ios 6 failed and phone stuck in recovery mode

I am on a Macbook OS 10.7.5. iTuens 10.7.
This afternoon I plugged in my iPhone 4S and started the upgrade process from iOS 5.1 to iOS 6.
The update process failed at some point and now I am stuck with only the "Restore" option in iTunes.
The frightening thing is that I am not sure if my data is backed up (most importantly my photos).
I had not done a backup in a while, but when I go to Library/Application Support/MobileSync/ and look at the backup folders, there is a backup in there from today around the same time I started the update, and the size is close to 9GB.
Is this my iPhone's backup before the update was processed? Does iTunes / Apple backup before the upgrade process automatically? Am I safe to restore from here or do I risk losing my data? Anything else I can do try?
I'm in the process of upgrading to the latest iPhoto so I can at least get some of the photos that were backed up in there before it maxed out.
Very very frustrating experience ... remember to back up before you upgrade, especially if you're over a wireless network!

if pictures are your main concern, but you have icloud activated on your phone and computer, then they should be backed up on your computer. If the only option you have is to "restore", then go ahead and do it and you should hopefully get the option to restore that backup that you spoke about, after itunes installs ios6 to your iphone.

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