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EXHIBIT 23
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
The Board of Directors
Western Digital Corporation:
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements (Nos. 2-76179, 2-97365, 33-9853,
33-24585, 33-33365, 33-56128, 33-57953, 33-15771, 33-60166, 33-60168, 33-51725, 333-20359, 333-31487,
333-41423, 333-42991, 333-70413, 333-95499, 333-36332 and 333-56738) on Form S-8 of Western Digital
Corporation and in the registration statements (Nos. 333-70785, 333-36350 and 333-49250) on Form S-3 of
Western Digital Corporation of our report dated July 25, 2001, except as to Notes 4 and 10, which are as of
September 21, 2001, related to the consolidated balance sheets of Western Digital Corporation and
subsidiaries as of June 30, 2000 and June 29, 2001 and the related consolidated statements of operations,
shareholders' equity (deÑciency) and cash Öows for each of the years in the three-year period ended June 29,
2001, and the related Ñnancial statement schedule, which report appears in the June 29, 2001 annual report on
Form 10-K of Western Digital Corporation.
KPMG LLP
Orange County, California
September 27, 2001