How to upgrade iPad2 to iOS 5

My iPad 2 is 4.3.5 version

Only if you've never synced your media to a computer. When you upgrade to 5.x for the first time, iTunes will back up your computer (make sure to let it do it), erase it, and then install the new OS. It will briefly look like a new iPad, but iTunes will then restore your iPad from the backup it made as part of the upgrade - just make sure to let it go all the way through (it's not that clear that it's doing so, there's no alert saying "Don't unplug while your iPad restores from backup).

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