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                                                                     EXHIBIT 5.1

                       [CHARLES S. FIEDLER LETTERHEAD]



February 1, 1995
95-032


Western Digital Corporation
8105 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA  92718

Re:   Registration Statement on Form S-8

Gentlemen:

I have acted as your counsel in connection with your registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, of 2,250,000 additional shares of common
stock ("Common Stock") of Western Digital Corporation, a Delaware corporation
(the "Company"), pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement"), which shares of Common Stock have been  reserved
for issuance under the Company's Employee Stock Option Plan (the "Plan").

In rendering this opinion, I have made such inquiries and examined originals
or copies, certified or otherwise identified to me, of such records, 
agreements, certificates of corporate and public officials and  such other 
instruments and documents, and considered such matters of law and fact,
as I have considered appropriate for purposes of this opinion.  For the
purposes of my examination, I have assumed the genuineness of all signatures
on original documents, the authenticity of all documents submitted to me as
originals, the conformity to original documents of all copies submitted to me,
the legal authorization and proper execution of such documents, and  the
correctness of all facts set forth therein.

On the basis of the foregoing examinations and assumptions, and in reliance
thereon, it is my opinion that the shares of Common Stock reserved for
issuance under the Plan, when issued and sold upon the exercise of options
granted under the Plan and paid for in cash or





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with Company securities pursuant to the Plan, will be legally issued, fully
paid and nonassessable.

This opinion is limited to the present law of the State of Delaware, to the
current federal laws of the United States and to current judicial 
interpretations thereof, and to the facts as they presently exist.  No opinion
is expressed as to the effect of the laws of any other jurisdiction or  as to 
matters of conflict or choice of law.  I undertake no obligation to advise you
as a result of developments occurring after the date hereof or as a result of 
facts or circumstances brought to my attention after the date hereof.

I hereby consent to the filing of this opinion letter as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement.

Very truly yours,



Charles S. Fiedler

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