AS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION ON  JANUARY 4, 1999
                                                   REGISTRATION NO. 333-
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                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                   FORM S-8
                            REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                     UNDER
                          THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                           SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
            (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 
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        DELAWARE                                        94-2612933
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(STATE OF INCORPORATION)                   (I.R.S. EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NO.)
 
                                920 DISC DRIVE
                        SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 95066
                                (831) 438-6550
  (ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF REGISTRANT'S PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES)
 
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                         EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                           (FULL TITLE OF THE PLANS)
 
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                                CHARLES C. POPE
                             SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT
                           SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
                                920 DISC DRIVE
                        SCOTTS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA 95066
                                (831) 438-6550
(NAME, ADDRESS, AND TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE, OF AGENT FOR SERVICE)
 
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                                  Copies to:
                            CHRIS F. FENNELL, ESQ.
                       WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                           PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
                              650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                              PALO ALTO, CA 94304
                                (650) 493-9300
 
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                        CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE


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                                                            PROPOSED        PROPOSED   
                                                             MAXIMUM         MAXIMUM   
     TITLE OF EACH CLASS                   AMOUNT           OFFERING        AGGREGATE        AMOUNT OF
       OF SECURITIES TO                     TO BE            PRICE          OFFERING       REGISTRATION
        BE REGISTERED                     REGISTERED        PER SHARE        PRICE             FEE(1)
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Common Stock,
$0.01 par value, to be      
issued under the
Employee Stock Purchase Plan......     6,000,000 shares      $29.469      $176,814,000       $49,154.29
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(1) Calculated in accordance with Rule 457(c) solely for the purpose of
    calculating the registration fee based upon the average of the high and low
    prices of the Common Stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange
    Composite Tape on December 28, 1998.

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    The contents of the Registrant's Form S-8 Registration Statement
(Registration No. 33-43911) dated November 14, 1991 and Form S-8 Registration
Statement (Registration No. 33-56215) dated October 28, 1994 are incorporated
herein by reference.


           PART II:  INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
 
ITEM 8.    Exhibits
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               Exhibit
               Number                           Documents
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                 4.1*       Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended

                 5.1        Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities 
                            being registered

                23.1        Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)

                23.2        Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

                24.1        Power of Attorney (see page 4)

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*   Incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with Registrant's
    Registration Statement on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 1998
    as filed with the Commission on August 20, 1998.

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                                  SIGNATURES


       Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant, Seagate Technology, Inc., certifies that it has reasonable grounds
to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and has
duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Scotts Valley, State of
California, on this 4th day of January, 1999.


                                 SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY, INC.



                                 By:  /s/ Stephen J. Luczo
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                                      Stephen J. Luczo
                                      Chief Executive Officer and President
 

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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

       KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that each such person whose signature
appears below constitutes and appoints, jointly and severally, Stephen J. Luczo
and Charles C. Pope, jointly or severally, his or her attorneys-in-fact, each
with the power of substitution, for him or her in any and all capacities, to
sign any amendments to this Registration Statement on Form S-8 (including post-
effective amendments), and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming all that each of said attorneys-in-
fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done by
virtue hereof.

       PURSUANT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, THIS
REGISTRATION STATEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY THE FOLLOWING PERSONS IN THE
CAPACITIES AND ON THE DATES INDICATED.

        SIGNATURE                    TITLE                          DATE
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                            Chief Executive Officer,          January 4, 1999
  /s/ Stephen J. Luczo      President                     
- --------------------------  and a Director (Principal     
(Stephen J. Luczo)          Executive Officer)            
                                                          
 /s/ Charles C. Pope        Senior Vice President and Chief   January 4, 1999
- --------------------------  Financial Officer (Principal  
(Charles C. Pope)           Financial and Accounting      
                            Officer)                      
                                                          
 /s/ Gary B. Filler         Co-Chairman of the Board          January 4, 1999
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(Gary B. Filler)                                          

 /s/ Kenneth E. Haughton    Director                          January 4, 1999
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(Kenneth E. Haughton)                                     

 /s/ Robert A. Kleist       Director                          January 4, 1999
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(Robert A. Kleist)                                        

 /s/ Lawrence Perlman       Co-Chairman of the Board          January 4, 1999
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(Lawrence Perlman)                                        

 /s/ Thomas P. Stafford     Director                          January 4, 1999
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(Thomas P. Stafford)                                      

 /s/ Laurel L. Wilkening    Director                          January 4, 1999
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(Laurel L. Wilkening)

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                               INDEX TO EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT   
 NUMBER                                EXHIBIT                              
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     4.1* Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended

     5.1  Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered

    23.1  Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)

    23.2  Consent of Ernst & Young LLP, Independent Auditors

    24.1  Power of Attorney (see page 4)

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*    Incorporated by reference to the exhibits filed with Registrant's
     Registration Statement on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended July 3, 1998
     as filed with the Commission on August 20, 1998.