Ipad won't get pass rotating wheel when starting up

My ipad (64 Gbyte, several years old with cellular) won't start up . It stays in the displayed apple state for a very long time, then it goes to the rotating wheel state then goes back to the apple.
     I tried to syn it with itunes (mac version).  I never get to the pass key phase.  It keeps going back to the apple.
     What can I do?
     Thank you for your help!
     chhenden

Did you try rebooting the device?
Reboot the iPad by holding down on the sleep and home buttons at the same time for about 10-15 seconds until the Apple Logo appears - ignore the red slider if it appears on the screen - let go of the buttons. Let the iPad start up.
You might want to try restoring using recovery mode.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097

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