Lost Contacts on Version Upgrade

I allowed the system to upgrade the ITunes version to 4.1 and without thinking it ask to sync with outlook which I never do -
For some reason it bombed out and when the sync was done - my contacts were gone. I tried to restore from a backup but its giving me an error message - "iTunes could not restore the iPhone because the backup could not be saved in the computer"
My first choice is to find the most recent backup and just restore -
I may have an old system backup from a month ago - but how can I find the iTunes file to restore??
Any help.

The below is from: http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1766
Where backups are stored
The folder where your backup data is stored changes depending on the computer's operating system. Since iTunes only keeps one backup per device, you should ensure the backup folder is included in your periodic data backup routine.
iTunes places the backup files in the following places:
* Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
* Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
* Windows Vista and Windows 7: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
Note: If you do not see the AppData or Application Data folders, you may need to show hidden files.
I hope you are not dependent on your backup to save your contacts. Contacts are designed to be synced with a supported contact management application like Outlook, Windows Contacts, Exchange services (like google or your companies hosted exchange server).

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