IPad won't sync to new iTunes

My laptop died, the one I use to sync my iPad. I managed to extract all music, photos etc and back up to another drive. Contacts etc are backed up to the iCloud.
I wiped laptop, system reset it, restored, reloaded iTunes, signed back in, transferred music back, and want to sync my iPad to it again. I connected the iPad and backed it up, then asked it to sync.
I got the message "iTunes will erase the iPad library and replace it with this one" which is fine because they are the same. So I said yes.
But it says it can't because the iPad doesn't have enough memory. But what I am trying to put on is identical to what's already on there. So is it trying to put a second copy of everything on? There wouldn't be room for that. I am happy for it to "erase and sync" but if it wants to sync first then erase, it can't because I am using more than half the ipad memory. It's all backed up so no worries there, but I am afraid if I can't sync I can't do future upgrades???
Any help gratefully received...
Lorelie

You may have to restore but before you do that look over this thread.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3375382?start=60&tstart=0
These users had the same problem as you - it is an iPhone discussion - but many of the same things will apply in your case. A number of these users were able to fix the problem through various means. If none of these work, then you may have to restore the device.

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