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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

        We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration
Statement on Form S-8 and related prospectus pertaining to the Western Digital
Corporation Deferred Compensation Plan of our report dated July 16, 1997,
relating to the consolidated balance sheets of Western Digital Corporation as of
June 28, 1997 and June 29, 1996, and the related consolidated statements of
income, shareholders' equity and cash flows for each of the years in the
three-year period ended June 28, 1997, which report appears in the June 28, 1997
Annual Report on Form 10-K of Western Digital Corporation.



                                            /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP
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                                            KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

Orange County, California

December 3, 1997