Ipad mini needs to be restored to factory settings after ios7 what will i lose

young daughter updated ipad mini with ios7.3. ipad now showing only itunes logo and image of connection to computer.  connected to computer and itunes saying that ipad is in recovery mode and must be reset to factory settings and i will lose all data.  It also says that ipad software is up to date. Not sure what to do, any suggestions?

If it is showing that message, there is no other option other then to restore it in iTunes.  That process will wipe everything off it and return it to as it was out of the box.
If you have backups in iTunes or iCloud, you can restore from those once it is working normally again.  Anything other than audiobooks purchased from the iTunes or App stores can be re-downloaded if needed.

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