NTSTATUS 0x8000001F (STATUS_BEGINNING_OF

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Description: A reverse or positioning operation reached the beginning of the selected tape partition or cartridge.

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Constant	Type	OS
RO_E_BLOCKED_CROSS_ASTA_CALL	HRESULT	Windows

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STATUS_BEGINNING_OF_MEDIA

Positioning reached the beginning of the tape or partition

This warning is returned when reverse spacing or another positioning request reaches the beginning boundary. For partitioned tape, the boundary can be the start of the selected partition rather than the physical start of the cartridge.

The requested reverse count may not have been completed. Read the resulting position before calculating another move, because blindly repeating a negative offset can loop at the boundary. A successful rewind followed by this status is normally a positioning result, not damaged media.

What to inspect

Query the current partition and logical or absolute tape position.
Compare the achieved movement with the requested number of records or marks.
Avoid retry loops that keep issuing reverse positioning at the boundary.

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