Ipad won't boot; can't update ios b/c HD space; don't want to restore

Hi All,
I've got a friends iPad 4 and I'm trying to help him out. The device won't boot (just toggles between black screen and Apple logo). I can get it into the upgrade mode by holding the home buttong and connecting it to iTunes. When I do this, the expected prompt of update or restore appears. I try to update it, but it doesn't work because there isn't enough hard drive space on the iPad.
It seems the only option is to do a restore. But here is the problem - the device has my brother's wedding video on it, and my friend didn't back it up to the cloud. So the question is, is there anyway that I can (a) get the update to go through so the device will boot or (b) get the device into a bootable state without requiring an update or (c) get access to the HD to retrieve the video - all without loosing the wedding video?
I appreciate the help.

Hi All,
I've got a friends iPad 4 and I'm trying to help him out. The device won't boot (just toggles between black screen and Apple logo). I can get it into the upgrade mode by holding the home buttong and connecting it to iTunes. When I do this, the expected prompt of update or restore appears. I try to update it, but it doesn't work because there isn't enough hard drive space on the iPad.
It seems the only option is to do a restore. But here is the problem - the device has my brother's wedding video on it, and my friend didn't back it up to the cloud. So the question is, is there anyway that I can (a) get the update to go through so the device will boot or (b) get the device into a bootable state without requiring an update or (c) get access to the HD to retrieve the video - all without loosing the wedding video?
I appreciate the help.

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