you did choose the correct HD from atapwd right? The xbox HD should be a seagate or maxtor HD. If what you say is true, then you can save your savegames. Now, we need to access the xbox HD, you need to find xlinux or something, load that on your PC, and you should be able to access your xbox HD. I don't really know how to do this though, I just read about it on xbox-scene forums. Or, you could just get a modchip, that should solve your problems. Just to check, did you use hdddisabl to change the E column to -?