An October report in Japan put the sale of Fujitsu's drive business at $662 million to $945 million. A sale could close at a lower range because of a big projected yearly loss for the business and the financial crisis, which has lowered valuations. Fujitsu's drive business is projected to lose $107 million in the 12 months through March. If a deal comes about, it would double Western Digital's market share in 2.5-inch drives used in laptops to about 30%. That would put Western Digital ahead of archrival Seagate Technology LLC in 2.5-inch drives. Seagate, the No. 1 maker of drives, and No. 2 Western Digital control about 60% of the total mar-ket for drives used in computers and consumer electronics. Fujitsu has struggled to compete as the industry's boom of the past few years gives way to lessened de-mand and a buildup of un-sold drives. The company left the cutthroat market for PC drives in 2001 to focus on drives for laptops and servers.