Iphoto spins/white screen when I plug in External drive.

Everything on the External works; Ex) The videos, etc work on the external drive, just Iphoto does not open. The Iphoto on the desk top works. The Iphoto on the external does not.
When: Video from a kids toy camera was uploaded days ago, the issue has started since. Can you help me figure out how to get our photos back? thanks!
We have a MAC OS X  10.6.8

THANK YOU! I've been having the same problem, and the solution you linked to worked perfectly for me. Somehow, my computer's sharing name had been deleted. Once I put that back in the file sharing preference I was able to reconnect my external drive without all Hades breaking loose.
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