Ipad 2 is not starting up

Question

My iPad 2 in the last two days has been very slow, in reaction time, and hangs. I have attempted to restart two to three times, to no avail. Should I erase all content and reload the apps and other content??

Answer 1

Have you tried a reset ? Press and hold both the sleep and home buttons for about 10 to 15 seconds (ignore the red slider), after which the Apple logo should appear - you won't lose any content, it's the iPad equivalent of a reboot.
In terms of Safari then clearing it's cache might help : Settings > Safari > Clear Cache (and Clear History).
Closing apps like the previous respondent suggested might also help, though in case you don't know how to close them : when you've double-clicked the home button to bring up the taskbar, then press and hold any of the apps on the taskbar for a couple of seconds or so until they start shaking, press the '-' in the top left of any apps that you want to close, and touch any part of the screen above the taskbar so as to stop the shaking and close the taskbar. Most apps that appear on the taskbar won't be active though, they will just be recently used. Apps have to be coded to make use of multi-tasking, so generally it's only the Apple ones that might be active - though the number of third-party apps that might be is increasing.