Restoring iPad after updating to ios 7 caught in loop

So I've been restoring my ipad for the past three hours. It'll restore and then it will go back to the welcome screen and ask me to restore it all over again. This is probaby the seventh time I've restored it. Any way to get out of this loop?

I saw this response in another post and it worked for me.
Hi,
Also saw this happening - in a loop with restore from ios 4.4 > 7.0 after upgrading via itunes on PC
Looks like as it was an old ios version it didn't have any of the icloud setup on it, so setup assistant, even though it had all media and apps restored after the upgrade, assumed it hadn't been setup
Just click on setup as a new ipad, it will ask you to log in to icloud and then ask about setting up backups automatically e.t.c. - just go through the options and it will then exit the setup assistant and finish the upgrade to ios 7
hope that helps

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