So i was happily playing just got out of the cave at the start when i thought i would save.
It said the disc is unrecognizable and that i should clean the disc and restart the xbox which i did. I tried to load up my save game and it just said disc unrecognizable. So i installed the game on hardrive and the same problem i can start a new game just not load a game or continue on or even save anyone got any solutions?

It seems your dvd drive has kicked the bucket.
Can you play any other game?

Yeah its fine i tried fallout and Cod they where both fine, it is just when i try to save, load or continue on skyrim.

Then it may have to do with your HDD. Try clearing your cache as people suggest.
http://support.xbox.com/en-US/xbox-360/troubleshoot/hardware/clear-system-cache

Cleared it numerous times now this has really confused me i just want to slay some dragons

Ok, try this:
Copy your Skyrim saves from the xbox to a flash drive and then delete them from the xbox.
Put the disc in and start a new game. Tell me what happens.

Hey thanks for all your advice after i deleted my saved game and cleared my cache i started a new game which works with all the saving and loading. However i have not downloaded the update due to the problem returning
I am pretty happy with just playing like this though but major thanks, appreciate the help

No problem. The save files must have been corrupted.
Just keep in mind that if this starts happening more often with any game, you might have to consider changing your HDD.