How can I have ext hard disks show on "About this Mac/Storage" that are ousted and show on screen

I have Mac 10.9.5, Intel. I was working in iMovie, when message came up and said I do not have enough space on my hard disk.. I have several hundred GB available. All my ext. HD's appear on my screen. In "About this mac/storage" only my HD and two of the four external drives show up. The two ext. drives that show on "about This Mac" are full. I have done a disk utility check on every drive and they are fine. Also, the whole machine is very slow. I have rebooted also.

Problem description:
MAC OS X YOSEMITE, 13.1 MODEL, INTEL CORE I5 8’GB MEMORY, WHEN I OPEN IMOVIE, I GET A MESSAGE THAT THERE IS NO SPACE AND TO CLOSE IMMEDIATELY OR I WILL LOSE WORK, IT WILL EVEN CLOSE ITSELF. I HVE OVER 700 GB ON MY HARD DISK
EtreCheck version: 2.0.4 (89)
Report generated October 18, 2014 at 1:23:07 PM EDT
Hardware Information: ℹ️
iMac (21.5-inch, Late 2012) (Verified)
iMac - model: iMac13,1
1 2.7 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 4-core
8 GB RAM Upgradeable
BANK 0/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
BANK 1/DIMM0
4 GB DDR3 1600 MHz ok
Bluetooth: Good - Handoff/Airdrop2 supported
Wireless: en1: 802.11 a/b/g/n
Video Information: ℹ️
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M - VRAM: 512 MB
iMac 1920 x 1080
System Software: ℹ️
OS X 10.10 (14A389) - Uptime: one day 3:20:30
Disk Information: ℹ️
APPLE HDD ST1000LM024 disk0 : (1 TB)
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 999.35 GB (672.03 GB free)
Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted> [Recovery]: 650 MB
USB Information: ℹ️
G-TECH G-DRIVE 2 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk4s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
G-DRIVE (disk4s2) /Volumes/G-DRIVE : 2 TB (406.60 GB free)
Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
Western Digital My Book 500.11 GB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
book 1 (disk3s1) <not mounted> : 500.11 GB
Western Digital My Book 1 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
disk2s1 (disk2s1) <not mounted> : 32 KB
my book 3 (disk2s3) /Volumes/my book 3 : 1 TB (25 KB free)
Western Digital My Book 1 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk1s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
book 2 (disk1s2) <not mounted> : 999.86 GB
Western Digital My Book 1234 3 TB
S.M.A.R.T. Status: Verified
EFI (disk5s1) <not mounted> : 210 MB
My Book for Mac (disk5s2) /Volumes/My Book for Mac : 3 TB (1 TB free)
Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
Thunderbolt Information: ℹ️
Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Gatekeeper: ℹ️
Mac App Store and identified developers
Kernel Extensions: ℹ️
/Applications/Extras/WD +TURBO Installer.app
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394HP (1.0.11 - SDK 10.4) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394_64HP (1.0.1 - SDK 10.6) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB-64HP (1.0.3) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.USBHP (1.0.14) Support
/System/Library/Extensions
[not loaded] com.silex.driver.sxuptp (1.5.1) Support
[not loaded] com.tomtom.driver.UsbEthernetGadget (1.0.0d1) Support
[not loaded] com.wdc.driver.1394.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) Support
[loaded] com.wdc.driver.USB.64.10.9 (1.0.1 - SDK 10.9) Support
Problem System Launch Agents: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.CallHistoryPluginHelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.cmfsyncagent.plist
[failed] com.apple.security.cloudkeychainproxy.plist
[failed] com.apple.spindump_agent.plist
Problem System Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[failed] com.apple.ctkd.plist
[failed] com.apple.icloud.findmydeviced.plist
[failed] com.apple.ifdreader.plist
[failed] com.apple.nehelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.wdhelper.plist
[failed] com.apple.xpc.smd.plist
Launch Agents: ℹ️
[running] com.Affinegy.InstaLANa.plist Support
Launch Daemons: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist Support
User Launch Agents: ℹ️
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.adobe.ARM.[...].plist Support
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.download.plist Support
[loaded] com.genieo.completer.ltvbit.plist Support
[running] com.genieo.completer.update.plist Support
[loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist Support
User Login Items: ℹ️
iTunesHelper UNKNOWN (missing value)
System Events Application (/System/Library/CoreServices/System Events.app)
EPSON Scanner Monitor UNKNOWN (missing value)
Belkin Router Monitor Application (/Applications/Belkin/Belkin Router Monitor.app)
Mail Application (/Applications/Mail.app)
Safari Application (/Applications/Safari.app)
AdobeResourceSynchronizer ApplicationHidden (/Applications/Adobe Reader.app/Contents/Support/AdobeResourceSynchronizer.app)
Dropbox Application (/Applications/Dropbox.app)
apple-scc-20140818-081903 UNKNOWN (missing value)
Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Support
Default Browser: Version: 600 - SDK 10.10
AdobePDFViewerNPAPI: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
AdobePDFViewer: Version: 11.0.06 - SDK 10.6 Support
Flash Player: Version: 15.0.0.152 - SDK 10.6 Mismatch! Adobe recommends 15.0.0.189
QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
Google Earth Web Plug-in: Version: 6.0 Support
Silverlight: Version: 5.1.20513.0 - SDK 10.6 Support
iPhotoPhotocast: Version: 7.0
User Internet Plug-ins: ℹ️
fbplugin_1_0_3: Version: (null) Support
3rd Party Preference Panes: ℹ️
Flash Player Support
Growl Support
Time Machine: ℹ️
Skip System Files: NO
Mobile backups: OFF
Auto backup: YES
Volumes being backed up:
book 2: Disk size: 999.86 GB Disk used: 999.86 GB
Destinations:
G-DRIVE [Local]
Total size: 2 TB
Total number of backups: 71
Oldest backup: 2014-01-15 09:49:47 +0000
Last backup: 2014-10-18 17:19:31 +0000
Size of backup disk: Too small
Backup size 2 TB < (Disk used 999.86 GB X 3)
Top Processes by CPU: ℹ️
      3% WindowServer
      1% AppleIDAuthAgent
      0% Google Chrome
      0% fontd
      0% AppleSpell
Top Processes by Memory: ℹ️
241 MB com.apple.WebKit.WebContent
146 MB iTunes
137 MB Mail
120 MB mds_stores
103 MB WindowServer
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