Why did all my iPad content disappear after restart

Had downloaded a rental movie from iTunes but when I tried to watch I received an error message saying "...not supported content". After a few more unsuccessful attempts I turned off my iPad (holding home and off button until slide appears). Waited one minute, turned it back on and found that all my video, pictures, iBooks, etc were missing. Also, while all of my apps icons appear on the screen, none of them work (of you touch, the app starts for a fraction of a second then back to iPad home screen). What DOES still work is: mail, calendar, contacts, settings and safari. I can connect to a WiFi network no problem. Does anyone have an answer or solution and has this happened to anyone else?

The whole experience seems sort of bizarre in that if you downloaded a movie from ITunes why would you get a message stating the content is not supported on the iPad? It doesn't make any sense to me. Sorry the reset doesn't work for you in this case.
I trust you have a recent backup from which you can restore. Unless someone else post with a solution, I imagine that restoring from a backup is the next viable option for you.

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