CS4 Crop Tool

I've just had my hard drive replaced and after reloading Photoshop CS4 the Crop tool isn't working as it always has?
Rather than being able to click & drag my rectangle. Now where I first click the rectangle appears & where I clicked is the bottom RH corner? When I go to change the size of the rectangle, the arrows appear but when I click it just moves the rectangle to another part of the photo, rather than being able to drag the size?
So I thought I would dup the layer, CTRL T & crop that way? Nope doesn't work either!
When I go to alter the size of the photo, the arrows appear, but when I click down it just makes the photo huge straight away, without me dragging it out that big.
Does that make sense?
I am sure I just have a button or option checked that I have never noticed before? Not sure why it has done it on this download & not the previous one?
I have restored my Preferences, uninstalled & re-installed with no luck.
Any suggestions?

Thanks for the suggestions Mark.
I had already tried that 'Clear' button with no success. But I did try again & unfortunately still the same.
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