IMac keeps trying to connect to a NAS drive that I have turned off.

I couldn't find any other thread on this so:
I have a NAS drive (Buffalo Linkstation) on my network at home. I only use it for photos and music storage so turn it off when not in use (the auto setting doesn't work so this is the only option).
Only problem is when it's off my Mac keeps telling me "there's a problem connecting to the server......". Every time I hit OK, it reappears 15-20 seconds later.
As you can imagine it gets pretty annoying. I cannot beleive there isn't an 'ignore' or 'dont show again' setting for option this.
Anyone know how to disable it? I don't really want to remove the drive from my shared network, I just want to get rid of the message popping up all the time.
Thanks in advance!

Hi,
I have other Volumes set to be Mounted when the iMac is started listed in System Preferences> Users and Groups > Login item for My account
Obviously they can be in /Library/StartupItems for everyone to see.
I also have an app called muCommander that is likely to do it if I used the Mac User Account > Login items or the Start Up items method. (I do have a NAS drive here as well).
9:24 pm Sunday; March 2, 2014
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