Is there a way to undo a backup that overwrote a previous backup on itunes?

I recently restored my iphone due to some complications, everything was going good. I forgot my encrypt backup password and had to restore as a new iphone. I was planning on restoring it again once i remembered my password however itunes backed the new iphone up, replacing the old back up. I was wondering if i could some how undo the newest backup that was on my itunes and get back to the old one. Also is there a way to unencrypt the password for the backup?
This is for itunes windows xp

De-encrypting isn't possible, you have to have the original password.
A little trick is to make a backup copy of the backup, by adding something like a number to the name of the extra copy yoiu make, then if necessary you can rename the latest backup, change the older backup to a current name and the system will be fooled into thinking you are using the latest version. If you do that, keep track of what you are doing with the backup names so you can keep them straight. Making an extra copy of a backup, stored in a different folder, helps for the occasion of forgeting a password and needing a good copy to use when doing a complete restore.

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