IPad & iPhone sync assistance request

I purchased an iPad yesterday, but when setting it up I, by mistake, clicked "set up as new iPad" when I should have selected "restore from iCloud back up" so all of my info (music, pics, etc) would have synced to show up on my iPad as well. Does anyone know how to get back to the original settings, so that when I turn on the iPad it will be brand new again, & I can select "restore from iCloud back up"?
I have tried to "restore" but it just restarts, it doesn't give me those options again.
Also, I am logged in on my iTunes account but it is not syncing anything.
Thank you so much for any help you can give me!

If you want to restore from an iCloud backup, you have to erase the iPad and start all over again. There is no way to get to the iCloud backup without erasing the device.
Settings>General>Reset>Erase all content and settings. Then you start all over again setting up the iPad via WiFi and you can restore from the iCloud backup, if one is available.
Read this for more details.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1766

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