help regarding r4ds

i recently have bought r4ds ;D i followed the instructions in the tutorial how to put games into them. but after that when i had inserted the card into slot 1 it shows "COULDN'T FIND _DS_MENU.DAT" ??? plz help guys i very badly want to try my r4ds...... ;D

you haven't installed a firmware

Come here to get the firmware for R4http://www.r4ds.com/download-en.htm

Here is much faster.http://www.linfoxdomain.com/nintendo/ds/

ok i dowloaded the kernel but it is in .rar file and the icon is of win media player ???.........................
what shall i do now.......................

You should unzip everything and copy it to the root file of your sd card

download winrar from www.rarlabs.com and install it. All our roms are in rar files as well.

i that i only need to extract the "english" folder only into the r4 right????????

Yes everything inside the english folder. Drag all those files onto the root of your MicroSD.

i downloaded the kernel........
i extraced the english folder into the micro sd card and these folders came to be shown,,,,,,,,,,,
english
autorun
flashplay
readme text
and the mario cart game which i had downloaded frm here and changed it to .nds file
now where did i go wrong guys.......................... :-\ :'(

You can't extract a folder lol , you mean you dragged all those files inside the english onto the root folder? And you're supposed to extract the Mario Kart archive not change it to .nds. If you can't do it, here is a tutorial.https://www.romulation.org/forum/index.php/topic,816.0.html

thnx a lot guys for ur help and time i really appreciate it guys thnx a lot
now i will try to do it all and see what happens thnx a lot take care ;D ;D

Don't use internet shorthand please, it's against the rules. You're welcome :)

okay i wont use short hand
my r4ds is working now ;D ;D ;D thnx a lot :D :D :D

Good to see your problem is finally fixed but you're still using internet shorthand. Use thanks instead of thx or thnx.