According to Apple Support article support.apple.com/kb/ht1212 You will need to restore the iPad using the computer you last synced it. This way, the passcode can be reset and data can be restored/re-synced to your iPad. You can also remove/reset the passcode by connecting to computer that never synced with the iPad.
However, the data would not be present as this computer has not backed up your iPad.
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