So you managed to get it to allow you to reinstall?? thank heaven.

I've spent several hours today trying to figure out how to work the iPad I won. Finally discovered that some of the problem was not my stupidity, but a Known Issue and downloading the updated OS fixed a lot of it. *whee* Then downloaded the free 416 page users manual. Yeah, I'll breeze right through that one...

Drat, I don't seem to have my broken computer icon anymore. (abort, retry, explode?)