Web browse wakes up external hard drive

I have noticed that when browsing the internet on either safari or firefox, that some web pages will cause my external hard drive (WD 320 firewire connected) to wake up , and start spinning.
What is it about a web page that would cause my drives to wake up? I don't believe this is happening with my internal hard drives, but am not totally sure.
I have also noticed that my external drive will intermittently kick on after my computer naturally goes to sleep (this doesn't seem to wake my computer up though). It just wakes up, spins for about 30 seconds, then goes back to sleep. This doesn't happen when I put the computer to sleep. This is possibly a separate phenomenon, but this might be useful information.

Yes.
Make sure that the New External Hard Drive is formatted as Mac OS Extended (journaled).
And then Proceed...
To move the iPhoto Library folder or package to a new location:
Quit iPhoto if open.
Open your Pictures folder and select the iPhoto Library.
Drag the iPhoto Library folder or package to its new location.
After Moving to the New Drive... make sure that all is working to your Satisfaction.

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