EXHIBIT 23.3



               CONSENT OF ERNST & YOUNG LLP, INDEPENDENT AUDITORS

We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in
Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement (Form S-3 No.
333-106408) and related Prospectus of Maxtor Corporation for the registration of
$230,000,000 of 6.80% Convertible Senior Notes due 2010 and 18,756,362 shares of
its common stock and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report
dated August 15, 2001, with respect to the combined financial statements of the
Hard Disk Drive Group of Quantum Corporation as of March 31, 2001 and 2000, and
for each of the three years in the period ended March 31, 2001, included in
Maxtor Corporation's Current Report on Form 8-K dated August 28, 2001 filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.


                                                 /s/ Ernst & Young LLP

Palo Alto, California
October 20, 2003