UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
     
    Washington,
D.C. 20549
     
    ___________
     
    FORM
8-K
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    CURRENT
REPORT
     
    Pursuant to
Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of
1934
     
    Date of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 13,
2010
     
    ___________
     
    Quantum
Corporation
     
    (Exact name
of registrant as specified in its charter)
___________
     
    Delaware
     
    (State or
other jurisdiction of incorporation)
     
    
      
            | 1-13449 | 
            94-2665054 | 
          
            | (Commission File No.) | 
            (IRS
      Employer Identification
No.) | 
          
     
    1650
Technology Drive, Suite 800
San Jose, CA 95110
     
    (Address of
principal executive offices and zip code)
     
    Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (408) 944-4000
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    Item
2.02. Results of Financial Operations and Financial Condition
     
    On
May 13, 2010, Quantum Corporation issued a press release announcing earnings for
its fiscal fourth quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2010, a copy of which
is attached as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and incorporated by
reference.
     
    This
information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act), or incorporated
by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the
Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in
such a filing.
     
    Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits
     
    
      
            | (d) | 
              | 
            Exhibits | 
            
             | 
              | 
          
            | 
             | 
            
             | 
            99.1 | 
                  | 
            Press Release, dated May 13,
      2010  | 
          
     
    
    
    
    
    SIGNATURE
     
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
     
    
      
            | QUANTUM CORPORATION | 
          
            |    | 
          
            | By: | 
               | 
              /s/ Shawn D. Hall | 
          
            |   | 
            
             | 
               | 
            Shawn D. Hall | 
          
            |   | 
            
             | 
            
             | 
            Senior Vice President, General
      Counsel | 
          
            |   | 
            
             | 
            
             | 
            and
  Secretary | 
          
     
    Dated: May 13, 2010
     
    
    
    
    
    EXHIBIT
INDEX
     
    
      
            | Exhibit | 
            
             | 
            Description | 
          
            | 99.1 | 
                   | 
            Press
      Release, dated May 13, 2010. | 
              |