NTSTATUS 0x8000001E (STATUS_END_OF_MEDIA): meaning and diagnosis

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Description: The sequential medium reached its end region, so the operation must finish or continue on another volume.

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Constant	Type	OS
RO_E_COMMITTED	HRESULT	Windows

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STATUS_BUS_RESET	STATUS_BEGINNING_OF_MEDIA

STATUS_END_OF_MEDIA

The tape or sequential medium reached its physical end region

End of media indicates that the operation reached the device-defined end boundary or warning zone. On tape, the drive can report early warning before the absolute physical end so software has room to write terminating marks and finalize a volume.

Distinguish end-of-media from end-of-recorded-data. The former is a capacity condition; the latter means no more valid data has been written at the current logical sequence. Backup software should finalize the current cartridge and request the next volume rather than retrying the same write indefinitely.

What to inspect

Record remaining capacity, partition, logical block, and whether the operation was read or write.
Write required terminating metadata only if the drive and format still permit it.
Advance to the next cataloged volume and verify continuation identifiers.

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