Restore from backup gives a cryptic error - help please!

Hi,
I have a iPhone Classic (pre 3G), with Software v 2.0
I wanted to get back some files that an application created (recorder) which got erased on upgrading the application!
So, I did a restore from backup operation via iTumes v 7.7
My phone is restored to factory settings, and when proceeding to the next step with the screen
"Restore from backup of..", I simply get an error after lot of disk churn
"iTunes could not restore the iPhone "xxx" because the backup was corrupt or not compatible with the iPhone that is being restored.
I am very disappointed lately with a series of issues with Leopard and now with the iPhone.
Thank you in advance.
Anand

I had the same exact problem. I decided to quit iTunes (praying it would work upon reopening). I got the same error message on the first 5 backups I tried. Eventually a back-up from almost 2 months ago worked. I lost a lot of info but was thankful it worked.
Oh wait! Well I'll be darned. It DIDN'T work. As soon as it was "done" restoring, it brought me to the same "Set Up Your iPhone" screen. Only to go through the same thing again.
Bottom line: 2.0 Software/7.0 iTunes are completely screwed up. I'm thoroughly ****** off.

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