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Had to format memory card what do i need to run r4 and memorycard

Had to format memory card what do i need to run r4 and memory card, keeps saying cant find ds menu dat, this only happens with r4 chip, normal games work fine. Any help please??

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You will need to download and reinstall the R4 firmware.
After downloading and decompressing the new updated files, there will be one shell folder and two files _DS_MENU.DAT, and _DS_MSHL.NDS.Copy these files to the root directory of TF card to replace the former files (ex. F:\ or E:\).

You can download the update files and firmware here:

http://www.r4ds.me/download/r4ds.html

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