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                                                                      EXHIBIT 23

                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


Retirement Plan Committee of the Board of Directors 
Western Digital Corporation
Retirement Savings and Profit Sharing Plan:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement 
(No. 33-56128) on Form S-8 of Western Digital Corporation Retirement Savings and
Profit Sharing Plan of our report dated December 14, 1998, relating to the
statements of net assets available for plan benefits of Western Digital
Corporation Retirement Savings and Profit Sharing Plan as of June 30, 1997 and
1998 and the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan
benefits for the years then ended and supplemental schedules, which report
appears in the June 30, 1998 annual report on Form 11-K of Western Digital
Corporation Retirement Savings and Profit Sharing Plan.


                                                  KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP


Orange County, California
December 23, 1998



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