"mds" & "mdimport"  processor overload on Activity Monitor

I use the MenuMeters application to help monitor for system slowdown. Lately (perhaps since 10.4.9?), the processors have been sky high & the Activity Monitor shows "mds" & "mdimport" at user, root & unknown levels as culprits. Despite force quit, repair permissions, reboot, reset PRAM, these beasts keep coming back. What am I missing & what can I do. Thanks fo any input!
Quicksilver2001+ 1.33GigaDual/1.5g RAM   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   Powerbook G4 1.3G/1.25g RAM

Hi
They are to do with Spotlight, see this forum:
http://www.macusenet.com/mac-system/37712-tiger-mdimport-and-mdsync.html
Steve

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