How to do a factory restore on iPad?

Hello,
I have the old 1st gen iPad with 3G and a 64gb hard drive, and have had it for 4-5 years. My problem is, after a crash I was asked to do a reset. I did, and now the iPad will not turn on. The apple logo comes onto the screen and it will stay like that until the iPads battery has died.
I was thinking that a factory restore could fix the problem but I get an error when I plug my iPad into the laptop. "iTunes could not connect to this iPad. An unknown error occurred. (0xE8000012)."
I was thinking that when my iPad crashed, a file may have corrupted. But my question is, how can I fix this problem or at least how can I do a factory restore?
I will be very grateful for any feedback regarding the subject but in all honesty, I do not really care if it does not get fixed. It is an iPad 1st gen, I am just
bothered about the £729 I spent on the device (I bought the case with it).
Feel free to ask for any information I may have missed out.

Take a look at this.
iOS: Unknown error containing '0xE' when connecting to a Windows PC - Apple Support

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