Problem updating Iphone 3gs to ios5

Hello.
I have a serious problem. Yesterday, Itunes requested to update my phone to IOS5 (My Iphone was working perfectly on the older version of IOS)
Updater got stuck on the recover part for an hour until I recieved an error. " Iphone could not be restored. Unknown error (14)."
On my phone's screen it wants me to plug it into itunes. Itunes says "ITunes has detected an Iphone in recovery mode.
IPhone software must be restored before it can be used with iTunes"
I try to restore it and same problem occurs. Any ideas? I've noticed some people are facing problems with ios5 update also.
Thanks already for help!

See Here
Backup and Set Up as New Device
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4137

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