Cannot restore ipad mini. Not enough room

I had an ipad mini model A1432 (16gb) that had a cracked screen. I bought a second ipad mini (open box but seemed unused), same A1432 model and tried to do a restore so that it could be used while I fixed the first unit. Both have OS 7.04. Itunes is telling me it cannot do the restore becuase there is not enough memory on the new ipad. The old ipad backup was under 14.5GB so what gives? It does not tell me there is a problem with the new ipad and I have confirmed the models on the back of the ipads.
I tried doing a fresh install of the OS (restore iPad) in the hopes that if there was any legacy files from the previous owner who must have gotten it for christmas, would be wiped out.

Further to my question.
I am able to do a restore. Takes 15 or more minutes and reboots but then I get the same response when I try to restore what should be a 14.5GB backup. Everything appears to restore properly so I should expect that I would easily have enough room to do the "Restore from this backup:"
Do I have to initialise something or do some steps first? it seems to want me to setup my wifi and other details but I should be able to do the backup as that is what it is for.
The exact wording of the error:
"iTunes could not restore the ipad "Nichole's iPad" becasue not enough free space is available on the iPad."
I only have the option of saying "OK"

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