Linked files in AI CS4?

Hi guys,
Not sure if it's something I've done or if it would sort itself out if I restarted AI but I thought I'd drop a quick message in here just in case.
When I try 'placing' an image into a AI document, it appears to be embedding the file [be it a psd, tiff, jpeg etc]. Why would it of stopped linking the file?
I spotted this because in my Layers palette it says 'image' or the file name next to the thumbnail, as appose to 'Linked File' like it always has done. And in my Links palette, I've got the odd looking icon [I'm not sure what it is] on the RHS. Why would AI be embedding the placed files all of a sudden, have I clicked something?!
Cheers in advance.
Rhys

Yep, that appears to of worked fine, thank you for the quick response. I wonder why that box became 'un-ticked', I didn't touch it

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