How do I stop automatic scanning?

I have two external Hard drives, one with my iPhoto library, one with iTunes. Everytime I start Imovie it says "camera detected scanning..." and then "generating thumbnails" this takes a long time, every time. This renders it unusable basically. Can I turn this 'feature' off?

No, I did have a couple movie files on the root directory but I buried them in a folder but I still get that message. Here is what my root directories look like:
iPhoto Drive:
Desktop
iMovie Events
IPhoto 2000 to 2003
iPhoto 2004
iPhoto Library 2005 2006
iPhoto Library 2007
Movies
After a spotlight search I see I have no DCIM folders on any of my hard drives.
Ben
Old Photos
ITunes Drive:
Desktop
iTunes
And then there is another internal drive:
Aperture Files
Applications
Documents
DVD's
EyeTV
FCP
FCP Projects
Final Cut Express Documents
Final Cut Pro Documents
Ibook Backup
Importers
ITunes Music
Library
Movies for iPod
My Great Movie
My Great Movie 2
Previous Systems
Previous Systems
Sanyo Movies
System
System Folder
System Folder.zip
Transitions
Users
Thanks for your help.

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