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EXHIBIT 23.1
CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS
We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statements
(Form S-8 Nos. 33-43911, 33-50973, 33-39916, 33-56215, 33-34793, 33-64339,
333-00697, 333-01059, 333-40005, 333-70105, 333-92277, and 333-95719)
pertaining to the 1991 Incentive Stock Option Plan, the Employee Stock Purchase
Plan, the Executive Stock Option Plan, the 1992 Conner Peripherals, Inc.
Restricted Stock Plan, the Arcada Holdings, Inc. Stock Option Plan, the 1998
Nonstatutory Stock Option Plan, the 1999 Stock Option Plan and the XIOtech
Corporation Amended and Restated 1996 Stock Option Plan of our report dated
July 12, 2000 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 June 30, 2000.
/s/ Ernst & Young LLP
San Jose, California
August 18, 2000
