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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

  Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):       September 21, 1999

                           WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



        Delaware                   001-08703                   95-264-7125
(State or Other Jurisdiction     (Commission                  (IRS Employer
     of Incorporation)            File Number)              Identification No.)

          8105 Irvine Center Drive
            Irvine, California                               92618
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                 (Zip Code)

  Registrant's telephone number, including area code:    (949) 932-5000

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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                    INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN THE REPORT

ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS.

        On September 21, 1999, Western Digital Corporation issued a press
release announcing that its financial results for the first quarter ending
October 2, 1999, would be below Wall Street analyst estimates.

        A copy of this press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1.

ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

Exhibit   Description
- --------    ---------------

99.1    Press Release dated September 21, 1999, regarding Western Digital
        Corporation's announcement that the Company's financial results for the
        first quarter ending October 2, 1999, would be below Wall Street analyst
        estimates.

                                    SIGNATURE

        Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

     Date:  September 27, 1999

                                            WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION

                                            By:   /s/ Michael A. Cornelius
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                                                    Michael A. Cornelius
                                                    Vice President, Law and
                                                    Administration and Secretary



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