Recover photos before restoring ipad

Tried to update to new software for ipad 2, once this got to the end it noted an error so assume it has not updated. My ipad is now stuck and has asked for it to be restored however I'am relucant to do as it says it will erase all data but I photos I wish as not backed up on laptop. Please advise how I can proceed without losing photos and other data?

You may have reached the point of no return.  If you never backed up the device to icloud (this would included photos in the camera roll), then your photos are not in a backup.
If the ipad indicates you must restore from a backup, but you have never synced photos to a computer as is usually suggested to archive them, and don't have a backup of the device to icloud, then the photos are gone.

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