Trying to restore from CCC

If I understand correctly you're trying to take your bootable clone back up from your external hard drive and copy back to your main internal hard drive correct?

If so what you do is boot from the external, start up carbon copy cloner, and set it to clone your external hard drive back to your internal hard drive. Then boot back from the normal internal main hard drive

 

That would work... but if it's just an iPhoto problem you should try a few simpler things out first. Does it work in another user account? Maybe delete your iPhoto plist, try reinstalling iPhoto. If these don't work I'd probably just archive and install the OS again from the disc that came with the computer, or a Leopard disc if you purchased/have that.

 

under your home folder (username)>Library>Preferences>com.apple.iPhoto.plist delete, or move that file to your desktop with iPhoto closed, then reopen iPhoto. If that does't fix it do the archive and install, and rerun all of your software updates.

put in your OS disc, reboot your mac while holding down the C key. Choose your language, follow the steps... you will see only 2 steps where they give you an "option" in the lower left corner of the dialog box, on the first one make sure the boxes checked are Archive and install, save users settings.