EXHIBIT 23.1

               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

   We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 No. 33-43911, 33-50973, 33-39916, 33-56215, 33-34793, 33-64339, 333-
00697, 333-01059, 333-40005, 333-70105) pertaining to the 1991 Incentive Stock
Option Plan, the Employee Stock Purchase Plan, the Executive Stock Option Plan
of Seagate Technology, Inc., the 1992 Conner Peripherals, Inc. Restricted Stock
Plan and the Arcada Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Plan of our report dated July
15, 1999, except for the Subsequent Events note, as to which the date is August
17, 1999, with respect to the consolidated financial statements and schedule of
Seagate Technology, Inc., included in this Annual Report (Form 10-K), for the
year ended July 2, 1999.

                                          /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

San Jose, California,
August 24, 1999