Getting that torch thing on My Computer

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Hi guys, ive got a problems that well and truely got me hacked off. Basically, when i click on My Computer to load up all the drives etc, i just get that searching torch, and its stay there.

No idea how ive done it, and it worked fine last time i used it about an hour ago. Anyone got any ideas what i can do to try and sort it? It not a new install, infact i need to reformat ideally.
 
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Formating it would cure it yes, but that wont tell you what the problem is.

The torch is showiong, ironically that it is looking for something. Perhaps you have a network mapped drive that it is trying to sync with or re-connect. Maybe your CD/DVD drive has got a scratched disk in it, who knows!

Tell us what you would expect to see, eg.

Floppy disk drive A:
Local disk C:, D:, etc
1x DVD Drive - empty/in use
3x mapped network drives to my l3370r server upstairs

etc etc...
 
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Im confused now, just turned my PC on and its fine. Definately in need of a format probably.

Ive got no network drives, just a zip drive, floppy drive, HDD and 2 cd drives. Ill format at some point, me thinks it needs it.
 
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