Syncing and restore issues

I was installing iOS4 on my iPad when I got error 2006. My only option was to restore to factory settings and I lost all the content on my iPad as the back-up prior to the OS installation hadn't backed up everything I bought. Is there any way I can restore the items I have bought from iTunes, or do I have to buy them all again?

If you lost the apps you'll need to re-download them, but you won't be charged again if you download with the same iTunes account used the first time. You will not get back your data and settings, though.
And in the future, you need to backup your iPad regularly to avoid this happening. You don't want your only backup to be right before a major OS update.

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