Syncing error.... HELP?!!

Hi guys, I've been having some problems with my phone lately so I thought screw it. A good old system clear and then start again would do the trick, SO....
I synced my phone in iTunes and then proceeded to pick up my phone and head for
-Settings
-General
-Reset
-Erase All Content and Settings.
After a short period I then had a fresh and virgin phone that was awaiting to be activated so I plugged it in and then restored. Only nothing.... I have all my apps on but nothing else, not in the order that they were previously, no conversations, no media and most importantly of all, no contacts.
I would very much like to be able to just click a button and have this restored for me and I'm also hoping above all else that I've not erred in some way and actually not backed up at all.
Any and all help is greatly appreciated here.
Thanks
David

Your backups are stored here:
On a Mac: ~/Library/Application Support/MobileSync/Backup/
On Windows XP: \Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
On Windows Vista: \Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Apple Computer\MobileSync\Backup\
However, only one backup should be there. Like I stated earlier, if you restored as new and then synced, you overwrote your backup.
How old was the backup you restored from? The iphone is a small computer. I backup my phone every other day at a minimum.

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