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THIS SCHEDULE CONTAINS SUMMARY FINANCIAL INFORMATION EXTRACTED FROM THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF QUANTUM CORPORATION.

1,000 12-MOS 12-MOS 12-MOS MAR-31-1998 MAR-31-1997 MAR-31-1996 APR-01-1997 APR-01-1996 APR-01-1995 MAR-31-1998 MAR-31-1997 MAR-31-1996 642,150 345,125 164,752 71,573 0 0 750,856 898,087 721,604 12,928 10,610 10,497 315,035 252,802 711,107 2,025,337 1,688,419 1,526,494 505,640 633,897 525,445 220,481 226,691 161,334 2,438,411 2,158,263 1,975,355 700,236 815,578 821,142 327,485 419,018 598,158 0 3,888 0 0 0 0 776,291 459,800 266,946 595,731 426,392 277,877 2,438,411 2,158,263 1,975,355 5,805,235 5,319,457 4,422,726 5,805,235 5,319,457 4,422,726 4,929,714 4,550,716 3,880,309 4,929,714 4,550,716 3,880,309 580,136 527,210 655,796 0 0 0 32,753 47,882 36,421 230,815 200,696 (141,338) 60,014 52,181 (50,882) 170,801 148,515 (90,456) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 170,801 148,515 (90,456) 1.25 1.27 (0.87) 1.07 1.04 (0.87)