ITunes can not restore iOS 5.1.1 backup on iOS 6.0 with iPhone 4S

I have created two backups of my iPhone 4S under iOS 5.1.1 befor upgrading to iOS6.0. The upgrade with iTunes 10.7 gave a dozen error messages but eventually iOS 6.0 was installed. But all SMS Messages are gone, all apps and their data, ...
I tried a restore (synch) of the two backups. None complets. The one just hangs before completion forever. The other one report close to completion "because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iPhone that is being restored".
I have saved both backups, tried with another Windows PC and iTunes there (transfeeered the backup files) with the same problem.
Also the Windows PC becomes unstable after the iTunes restore. It reports "low on memory resources" (I habe GBs) and applications wont start. I have to reboot to get a stable system again. iTunes behaves like a virus.

Jailbreaking is not supported here.

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