Ipad reset itself and backup is corrupt

My ipad 3 completely reset itself earlier today. when it powered back on it acted like it was fresh out of the box.
I have tried to restore from my itunes backup, but am getting a message that the backup is corrupt or not compatible.  The backup is encrypted.
I therefore appear to have lost all my goodreader and pages files...
Any suggestions?

There's a method of recovering pictures and videos watch the tutorial below.
http://youtu.be/2PC9BV-eOuk

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