Restore factory settings for Ipad 2

My IPad 2 is frozen with the image of Itunes and a USB cable.  The iPad is not recognised when I plug it into my laptop and pressing the home key and power key does not work.Any help would be appreciated.

It's Not frozen. You need to set it up. The screen is trying to tell you to connect the iPad to iTunes on your computer. Make sure you download and install the latest version of iTunes first. Read the manual, too.
Online iOS 5 / iPad user interface guide:
  http://help.apple.com/ipad/5/interface/
Online, downloadable PDF iOS / iPad user guide:
  http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/ipad_user_guide.pdf
Or you can download the free iOS 5 / iPad user guide from iBooks.

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