Why whenever I turn on an external HD, iPhoto starts up?

I have an MB Pro, 2.33, with a number of FW and SATA drives.
I'm wondering why suddenly when I turn on an external HD, iPhoto starts up?
thanks,
elmer

The bigger problem is that your external HD's are probably formatted in FAT16 (or maybe even FAT32) format, which may cause other filename-related problems down the line. iPhoto will be triggered to launch because these formats are most commonly used for camera media cards, and detecting them as externals typically points to media cards.
If your external HD's are dedicated to Macs, you might want to consider moving your data out, reformatting with Mac OS X Extended format (journaled) and then putting your data back on.

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