Exhibit 10.6


                                 AMENDMENT NO. 1
                                     TO THE
                QUANTUM CORPORATION 1993 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
                            (AS AMENDED MAY 29, 2001)


         QUANTUM CORPORATION (the "Company"), having adopted the Quantum
Corporation 1993 Long-Term Incentive Plan (as amended May 29, 2001) (the
"Plan"), hereby amends Section 7(c)(ii) of the Plan, effective as of November 4,
2002, to read as follows:

                  "Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship. In the
         event an Optionee's Continuous Status as an Employee or Consultant
         terminates (other than upon the Optionee's death or Disability), the
         Optionee may exercise his or her Option or SAR within such period of
         time as is determined by the Administrator and only to the extent that
         the Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such
         termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of
         such Option or SAR as set forth in the Option or SAR Agreement). In the
         absence of a specified time in the Option or SAR Agreement, the Option
         or SAR shall remain exercisable for three (3) months following the
         Optionee's termination. To the extent that the Optionee was not
         entitled to exercise an Option or SAR at the date of such termination,
         and to the extent that the Optionee does not exercise such Option or
         SAR (to the extent otherwise so entitled) within the time specified
         herein, the Option or SAR shall terminate."

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company, by its duly authorized officer, has
executed this Amendment No. 1 to the Plan on the date indicated below.


                                           QUANTUM CORPORATION



Dated:  November 4, 2002                   By  /s/ Shawn Hall
                                              -------------------------------
                                              Name: Shawn Hall
                                              Title: VP, General Counsel