Tried updating to iOS 7 and now stuck in Recovery Mode!

Hi All!
This morning I went to update my iphone 4S to iOS 7 and stopped it while it was verifying the update by turning off the phone and then back on (just changed my mind to updated at that time). When I finally went back to do the update it started up with the verifying update message and pretty quickly it went into recovery mode saying to connect iTunes. iTunes says it will erase my data and do the update and then re-install some of my previous data but the question is... Will it re-install all my data even if I haven't recently backed up my iphone?
If it won't restore everything then how do I get out of this recovery mode?? I tried by pressing the home and power button until the apple logo came on but it went straight back to recovery mode!
Please help! Freaking out!

I may have fixed the issue. The errors in device manager were a driver error apparently windows didnt have appropriate drivers installed to allow itunes to recognize a device in recovery mode. I followed the paths in the guide above in more detail using this path ( http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1538 under if device not recognized while in recovery mode) to alleviate the issue update is now installing appropriately ( i hope).
I will update if everything works correctly

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