Question about restoring a backup.

Question about restoring a backup. I want to restore an old back up to recover messages and photos. If I restore my iPhone with this old backup, will it delete any CURRENT text messages that I currently have on my phone? Same concern current photos on my phone. Thanks!

Hello,
I'm having a problem ....
My phone was giving me trouble and I had to completely wipe everything from it. I had backup on my PC , but when I connect my wiped phone back to my PC, it couldn't recognize it , so I got a question...something like "this phone is connected first time....do you want to authorize this computer...blah,blah" ,
but than I've got next question, something like "do you want to merge data or you want to overwrite your phone" and I've pressed "merge" by accident
Now....is there any way back from it? How I can get data from all apps back to my phone ?
All app's are there, but all of them are empty ! Please help!

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