[How To] Preparing yourself for a wipe data/factory reset in Clockwork Recovery

Hey I m in trouble... I was updating some softwares on my rooted pantech bust(having a customised ROM). But that updating resulted in OS crash and the booting and initiation of phone became an ending process... hence i lost everything that i was doing wid d phone... I dont remember any system recovery hav taken....! Please help me and let me get out of this hell:( :( :( :'( :'( :'(