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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 Amended and Restated Employee Stock Option Plan of our report dated
July 27, 1998, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Western
Digital Corporation as of June 27, 1998 and June 28, 1997, and the related
consolidated statements of operations, shareholders' equity and cash flows for
each of the years in the three-year period ended June 27, 1998, and the related
schedule, all of which are included in the Company's Annual Report on form 10-K
for the year ended June 27, 1998.



KPMG LLP

Orange County, California
January 6, 1999