C/C++ :: File Search Not Starting At First Record

Below is a snippet of my code in which it loops through a file trying to find the matching record of a selection given by the user. I use tellg() to tell me where the search begins and it does in fact start at the beginning. But when the search actually executes, it starts at the last record, loops once, and ends, as it does not find the matching record (when the user enters '24' for example)

void Hardware::updateExistingRecord(ofstream &addRecordInfo, ifstream &updateRecord, Hardware &_records) {
//selection on which field to update
enum Field { RECORD_NUMBER = 1, TOOL_NAME, QUANTITY, COST, EXIT };
cout << "Enter record number you would like to update
";
cout << "Enter zero to exit
?";

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