Restoring iOS on iPad

I just selected "erase all content and data on my iPad".  I did not do a backup.  I don't know exactly which version iPad, but the charging unit is the old one like iPhone3.  The black screen with the apple logo also has a small line on the right side.  The color of the line is multi-pixel colored, kind of like when a screen experiences snow or static.  I can't shut down the iPad properly.  The only way I can turn it off is by holding down the 2 main buttons until it goes off & letting go before it turns on again.  When I plug the iPad into a computer it's not recognizing the device & not even asking for a driver.  The computer I plugged the iPad into is PC with Win764 OS.  The iPad appears just to be lacking the iOS, similar to when I apply a wipe disc to a PC, it's just DOS & no Windows desktop.  I don't care about the old data or apps on the iPad, I just want to get the iPad up & running as if it was it's first time.  How do I do that?

Try restoring the device by placing it into recovery mode and restore as new from iTunes.  This article should get you there.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4097

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