HT3275 I inadvertantly clicked on the time machine in my system preferences and it disappeared. It says there is no disc... Help!

I inadvertantly clicked on the Time Machine icon in my system folder and it disappeared. it says there is no disc when I try to back up. Help!!

Couple of things I spotted right off ... diagnostics still don't show me as an administrator but I told it run as administrator.  When it asked to insert a prerecorded CD and then choose which drive to use, I have no drives in the menu to choose from but yesterday I had 2 and shows no external plug-ins installed.  Hmmm.  Fresh diagnostics below ...
Microsoft Windows 7 x64 Service Pack 1 (Build 7601)
IBM 8114W2C
iTunes 10.5.2.11
QuickTime 7.7.1
FairPlay 1.13.37
Apple Application Support 2.1.6
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.2.0
CD Driver DLL 2.1.3.0
Apple Mobile Device 4.0.0.97
Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.57.0.0
Bonjour 3.0.0.10 (333.10)
Gracenote SDK 1.9.5.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.5.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.5.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.5.45
iTunes Serial Number 00D4AB7C099BA9C8
Current user is not an administrator.
The current local date and time is 2012-01-18 19:18:55.
iTunes is not running in safe mode.
WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is not supported. (16005)
Video Display Information
Intel Corporation, Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family
Intel Corporation, Intel(R) 82945G Express Chipset Family
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
No external plug-ins installed.
Genius ID: b7d08a26c0b28e9f17d324690b8df8ca
iPodService 10.5.2.11 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.5.2.11 is currently running.
Apple Mobile Device service 3.3.0.0 is currently running.

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