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 4, 2001, 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, 2000 and
2001 and the related statements of changes in net assets available for plan
benefits for the years then ended and supplemental schedule, which report
appears in the June 30, 2001 annual report on Form 11-K of Western Digital
Corporation Retirement Savings and Profit Sharing Plan.




                                                                 KPMG LLP


Orange County, California
December 14, 2001



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