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Menu.dat issue with nintendo ds - Nintendo DS Lite Console

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  • josephgreenl Aug 13, 2008

    every time i put my r4 in my ds it says couldnt find ds menu.dat

  • nedkal Aug 28, 2008

    When I insert my R4 I receive a message 'Couldn't find DS Menu.dat.



    Please help someone. My son is devasted as it was a birthday present.

  • Anonymous Oct 11, 2008

    I just got my R4 and bought all the materials and it says couldn'y find DS_MENU.DAT what does that mean??

  • Anonymous Nov 08, 2008

    menu,ds problem

  • s34n Nov 09, 2008

    when i sert y r4 its says cannot find menu.dat

  • Anonymous Nov 25, 2008

    when i put my r4 in the nintendo it said (couldnt find -ds- menu.dat

  • Anonymous Dec 01, 2008

    i downloaded every thing moonshi system menu dat ds.mshl.nds

  • Anonymous Dec 19, 2008

    ya i have a problem that in my ds is not showing the games is only showing couldnt find menu data if now it please email me on





    [email protected]

  • c-hris187 Dec 19, 2008

    dsdf

  • wainymichael Dec 21, 2008

    how do i fix my ds it says open xmenu.dat error!

  • Kirtan7 Jan 23, 2009

    when i start my ds lite it appears couldn't find menu dat file

  • Anonymous Feb 03, 2009

    i deleted the menu dat. please help me

  • Anonymous Feb 06, 2009

    whenever i insert the card it come up with couldnt find ds menu dat

  • cementa Feb 13, 2009

    if i turn the ds on i get this : couldn't find_ds_menu.dat (i have a R4)

  • Sophiey Feb 14, 2009

    when i switch my ds on it says couldn's find_ds_menu.dat

  • Magmick Feb 27, 2009

    When booting the Ds with the R4 card inside (with the Micro SD, after all of the system files are on the Micro SD) On the top screen (non touch screen) it displays a red image of the micro SD card with MENU? underneath it.

  • Anonymous Mar 08, 2009

    i have deleted the ds.menu.das i have been on all the other websites + nothing

    SUM1 PLZ HELP MEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :(

  • Anonymous Mar 16, 2009

    having trouble with my r4 card it says put in a tf card folder wat is that plz

  • Anonymous Apr 29, 2009

    ik heb een r4 en ik heb berongelijk _DS_MENU.DAT verwijderd please help
    mij !!!!!!!!!

  • Anonymous Apr 30, 2009

    ih have a *** pronlem about ds menu dat help me niggggggroooooo

  • Anonymous May 08, 2009

    Whenever I download that kernal thing, it comes up as winrar file and it doesnt open.

  • PuccayGaru May 11, 2010

    whenever i insert my new game the following comes up:



    error: open xmenu.dat error!



    Please help!

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Go to the site www.r4ds.com
then downlaod the latest kernel and after downloading it , copy it and paste it in your TF card folder!
dats it.........u r ds is now gonna run with r4.!

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Download system files from http://www.r4ds.cn/

Put them in your memory, done...

If not working yet you might need to backup the files in your memory, format it to FAT16, load all the files again and overwrite de old system files with fresh ones downloaded from the R4 site.

The fake R4 might need different system files as some of these are SDHC so search for it.

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Yeh u have to download the files if you have a disk get them of there if not download them of http://www.r4ds.cn/

  • Anonymous Dec 26, 2009

    if the card is still not working you will need 2 format it

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Itz easy giv me yyour fuckin email and il tell ya

  • Anonymous Apr 07, 2009

    ill **** u man because i got the same problem like u ***** sorry for swearing i sweared because im angry

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  • Posted on Sep 28, 2008

SOURCE: error openx menu dat error

Take all the memory contents out to your computer as backup, format your memory to fat32 and put all the memory contents again to the memory from your computer. If not working try downloading the card system files from the card manufacturer site, these files are needed to run the card just like the operative system in your PC, if these files get corrupt or deleted the card wont work.

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SOURCE: Menu.dat issue

I got same problem, U noe the main site? http://www.r4ds.cn/ if u can't find it there, im not rlly sure if i can help u, BUT tell me, did u buy urs in china or somming? if yes, i have the same problem-there doesn't seem to be a chinese r4 kernel download...

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  • Posted on Mar 28, 2009

SOURCE: insalling m3 resl deal but cant find DS MENU .dat

apparently m3 dont do upgrades now but this might help http://www.m3-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=312
basically it converts the r4 ds menu.dat to work on m3 simply (may work for m3 real) so now all you have to do is go to r4 download site and download latest version. 1.18 from here http://www.r4dscart.com/r4-software.html (select the english update) then patch ur dat file replace it back to where you took it from before patching and then copy all 4 files ( _system_ moonshi _ds_menu.dat _ds_mshl.nds) into the root of micro sd card. advise you to copy any files/games you have on your mem card then copy the games over to your newly installed firmware. oh by the way in the link i provided on how2 patch the ds_menu.dat it might be bit vague on where you put the ds_menu.dat file to patch it, all you do is drag and drop it into the PATCH app thats inside the "r4 to m3 patcher" folder. post a reply to let me know how you got on

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  • Posted on Jun 14, 2009

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I will presume you are using a flash card. if so,Go to www.r4ds.com download & unzip the kernel. This will create a folder with the operating system. Copy these files to the root of the SD card (There should be 2 files & 2 folders) After this, copy the .nds files also onto the root of the SD card, and the games should be visible & playable when you turn on the DS NOTE: this will not work for the Nintendo DSi

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Hi by acident i deleted ds menu.dat for my r4 card revoloution and when i turn it on it says couldnt find menu .dat and i dont know what kernal download to do or anything please could you help.

if you accidentally deleted the menu for the R4 menu try to reseat the card cartriage if that does not work you need to copy or install the system again

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1. have you actually put the _ds menu.dat on the card?
2. perhaps take it out and blow in the ds' card slotcuz it might be dusty
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Deleted the "ds_menu.dat" how can i get it back

When you mean the DS_MENU.DAT, do you mean the menu on your R4? You can get it back, and I have links, but unfortunately that file has not been updated since April 2008. Here is the link however: http://r4ds.cn/download/118/English-1.18.rar
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Insalling m3 resl deal but cant find DS MENU .dat

apparently m3 dont do upgrades now but this might help http://www.m3-forums.net/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=312
basically it converts the r4 ds menu.dat to work on m3 simply (may work for m3 real) so now all you have to do is go to r4 download site and download latest version. 1.18 from here http://www.r4dscart.com/r4-software.html (select the english update) then patch ur dat file replace it back to where you took it from before patching and then copy all 4 files ( _system_ moonshi _ds_menu.dat _ds_mshl.nds) into the root of micro sd card. advise you to copy any files/games you have on your mem card then copy the games over to your newly installed firmware. oh by the way in the link i provided on how2 patch the ds_menu.dat it might be bit vague on where you put the ds_menu.dat file to patch it, all you do is drag and drop it into the PATCH app thats inside the "r4 to m3 patcher" folder. post a reply to let me know how you got on
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PROBLEMS WITH DS

Your DS home page data is corrupted, and can only be fixed by Nintendo.
Send it to Nintendo for it to be repaired.
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Ds lite

GO ONTO R4 WEB SITE DOWNLOAD LATEST FIRMWARE PUT ON TO SD CARD,THERE IS SYSTEM,MOONSHL,DS MENU DAT,DS MSHL NDS THEN IT SHOULD BE OK.
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Menu.dat issue

the _DS_MENU.DAT could not be found bcuz you guys probably deleted it or edited it accidentally. if you edited it, put it back to its normal self right away. for example, it was _DS_MENU.DAT.
if you edit it to look like, DS Menu.Dat , your R4 wont work. so fix it to its original self.

: ) pia
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Micro sd

have u loaded the r4 soft wear
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