LAKE FOREST, Calif. Jan. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Western Digital Corp. (NYSE: WDC) today announced that the company will release its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended December 26, 2008, after the close of market on the NYSE on Wednesday, January 28, 2009. The investment community conference call to discuss these results will be broadcast live over the Internet that day at 2 p.m. PST/5 p.m. EST. The call will be accessible live and on an archived basis via the link below:

Audio Webcast: www.westerndigital.com/investor

Click on "Conference Calls"

Telephone Replay: 888-562-6879 (toll-free)

+1-402-220-6534 (international)

About WD

WD, one of the storage industry's pioneers and long-time leaders, provides products and services for people and organizations that collect, manage and use digital information. The company produces reliable, high-performance hard drives that keep users' data accessible and secure from loss. WD applies its storage expertise to consumer products for external, portable and shared storage applications.

WD was founded in 1970. The company's storage products are marketed to leading systems manufacturers, selected resellers and retailers under the Western Digital and WD brand names. Visit the Investor section of the company's Web site (www.westerndigital.com) to access a variety of financial and investor information.

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