Not enough space to restore my backup after upgrading to iOS6

i have an iphone 4s which i decided to upgrade to the latest software. unfortunately, after itunes upgraded the OS, there's not enough space to restore my phone from the latest backup. looks like iOS6 has a bigger usage than the previous OS im using. now im stuck with using my old backup files which obviously something i don't want to use. i want to restore to my latest backup which contains some of the important files i want to access. what should i do???

You're saying I should put the backup on another, bigger external drive, erase everything on my computer and restore from the 2nd external drive? Sounds a bit risky, especially if I erase my computer and the problem is with the backup.

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Sorry I missed that important bit of detail.
I would try the following:
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I wish to help me iPhone 5 64G stolen
now I bought the iPhone5C 16G
If i restore from last backup
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sms and contcts and photos only i needd
I do not care apps anthor thing ..
so what is the solution

You'll need to extract your contacts/photos from your backup, using something like this:
http://www.iphonebackupextractor.com/
You can then sync that stuff to your phone. For SMS's, while you can extract them from your backup, there's no way to get them on your phone.

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I have backup of the photo's
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Mary

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