Upgrade to iOS 6 on my iPad2 stopped. iTunes wants to restore

The upgrade seemed to proceed smoothly. Then the screen showed a graphic, requesting I physically connect to iTunes. I dd so, but iTunes will not offer any alternative save "restore" to factory defaults. The message asociated with restoring suggests that I will lose everything installed on my iPad. I tried rebooting the iPad. No luck. I left it on overnight. Same. I updated software on my Mac and checked to see that iTunes is up to date. Everything squares. But, same response to connecting to the iPad - must be restored. Is a restore as destructive as it sounds? Do I have any alternatives?
Thanks for your help.

you must restore for the update to be successful. It will erase EVERYTHING, but if you have icloud or youve created a backup, you will get things back.

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