Can't access iPhoto library through IPhoto or Aperture. Keeps restarting the computer.

My library is on an external WD 6T drive. Recently, while flipping through an album, it locked up and shutdown the computer. Now it will restart the computer anytime I open either of the apps. And will stay in this cycle unless I disconnect the drive. I'm on a 27" iMac, with a 3.4G processor and 32G of RAM, running 10.10.1, iPhoto 9.6 and Aperture 3.6. Disc Utility does not discern any problems and I'm considering purchasing Easy Recovery to see if that will do any good. I've also tried several things garnered from WD support, but again, to no avail.

Randy,
try to isolate the problem. We do not know yet, if your drive is malfunctioning, if the particular iPhoto/Aperture library is corrupted, or if you are having a general problem with your system.
In addition to LarryHN's advice I suggest the following:
Since your external drive may be failing, back up all data on that drive to a different drive as soon as possible, if you do not have a current backup. But do not overwrite any older backup you have, because you may need it.
Then test, if you can open any iPhoto Library on that drive at all. Create a new iPhoto library on that drive and try to open it there. Can you open new libraries on that drive?
If you cannot even open a new library on your external drive, there is no point in trying to open your main library there. Get the library off the drive to a different drive formatted MacOS Extended (Journaled) and try to open it on the different drive. Follow Larry's instructions to rebuild the library.
-- Leonie

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