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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23
 
                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
 
The Board of Directors
Western Digital Corporation:
 
     We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Nos. 2-76179, 2-97365, 33-57953, 33-9853, 33-15771, 33-60166, 33-60168 and
33-51725) on Form S-8 of Western Digital Corporation of our report dated July
24, 1996, relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Western Digital
Corporation as of June 29, 1996 and July 1, 1995, and the related consolidated
statements of income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years
in the three-year period ended June 29, 1996, and the related schedule, which
report appears in the June 29, 1996 Annual Report on Form 10-K of Western
Digital Corporation.
 
                                          KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
 
Orange County, California
September 16, 1996