Lost All data after iPhone 3GS upgrade .. Help needed to RECOVER !!..

Hi ,
I have been backing up my iPhone in my laptop for almost 3 years. My laptop is crashed now.
Today I thought of upgrading the software from my PC. so I installed itunes and upgraded the software.
I am sure it made a copy of back up before doing SOFTWARE update.
But when the update is about to finish. It throwed an error message popup and said update failed.
I got instructions on the display that my iPHONE is been restored.
But after RESTORING, I am not able to see any APPs in my phone. It looks like a clean phone.
I am worried as I have plenty of apps and data on it.
I am able to see several backup with different time when I click RESTORE backup. I almost tried everything and still could nt see the apps.
Is there a way I can restore my old apps with data?
Thanks.

See my solution at http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=11757732#11757732
It's pretty much guaranteed to work if it's at all possible to recover your contacts, although other simpler solutions may work too and some are discussed there.

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