New Camera Roll backup/restore issue...

Hello,
I have a massive problem and cannot find an answer to this anywhere....so, i'm hoping someone here can help. (I'm not great with computers!)
I upgraded from iphone4 to 4S in February. I set-up with icloud, but turned off both the Camera Roll and a secret folder app to save icloud memory as they were enormous. I have regularly synced my iphone with my computer (windows, not Mac). I assumed that this saved all photos into itunes and onto my computer.
Today i got a replacement handset due to a faulty one. I made sure to backup to icloud and sync my iphone before going to the Apple store. I restored the new one from icloud in the store and plugged the handset into my itunes when i got home to retrieve my photos... Then the problems began...
I have lost all photos from the camera roll and secret photo app. I am desperate to retrieve them. The only backup my computer shows in itunes is February, when I first recieved and registered the iphone 4s... The last one i did this morning is gone, as are all the others
Have I been wrong to assume that if the photos are not stored to icloud, they are stored automatically to itunes? Are the photos lost completely or are they hiding somewhere? Any help would be much appreciated!!
I really dont want to have lost them!
Thank you

Dparrish209 wrote:
I went to iTunes, edit, preferences, device, and it showed my recent backups, and the back up i made is listed. Are you saying that even though this backup is on my computer, there is no way to access the picture files and transfer them to the phone?
You can try it.
Hopefully it will work, but thisd is not how you should keep your pics.

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