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SEC FORM 4/A SEC Form 4
FORM 4 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 		 
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Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5 obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
COTE KATHLEEN A
(Last) (First) (Middle)
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION
20511 LAKE FOREST DRIVE
(Street)
LAKE FOREST CA 92630-7741
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
WESTERN DIGITAL CORP [ WDC ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
X Director 10% Owner
Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
01/01/2004
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
01/05/2004 		6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Deferred Stock Units $0 01/01/2004 A 2,121 (1) (1) Common Stock 2,121 $11.79 31,309 D
Phantom Stock(2) (3) 01/01/2004 A 2,100 01/01/2007 01/01/2007 Common Stock 2,100 $0 2,100 D
Explanation of Responses:
1. The deferred stock units reported above reflect the conversion of cash directors fees into deferred stock units, to be paid in shares of the issuer's common stock on a one-for-one basis at the time elected by the reporting person, pursuant to the issuer's Non-Employee Directors Stock-For-Fees Plan and the issuer's Deferred Compensation Plan.
2. Phantom Stock granted and payable pursuant to the issuer's Non-Employee Directors Restricted Stock Unit Plan.
3. 1-for-1
Remarks:
This Amendment is being filed to attach the Power-of-Attorney which was inadvertently omitted from the original filing. Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power-of-Attorney
/s/ Sandra Garcia Power-of-Attorney for Kathleen A. Cote 01/06/2004
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4 (b)(v).
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LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints each of Raymond M. Bukaty, Michael Ray and Sandra
Garcia, signing singly, the undersigned's true and lawful
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)		execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Western
Digital Corporation (the "Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance
with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the
rules thereunder;

(2)		do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf
of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete
and execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto, and timely file such form with
the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock
exchange or similar authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed
by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this
Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms
and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
attorney-in-fact's discretion.

	The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing
whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise
of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents
and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present,
with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and
confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's
substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by
virtue of this limited power of attorney and the rights and powers
herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any
of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

	This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full force
and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file
Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of
and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to
the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

	IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Limited
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 20 day of November, 2003.


	                     /s/ Kathleen A. Cote

		               Kathleen A. Cote







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