Erase Options -- How many is enough?

The Disk Utility under the Install DVD gives you three Erase/write zeros options -- 1x, 7x's and 32. On my PowerBook G4, I did a successful (so far) install of Leopard after many problems with a previous "clean install." (prior install - I didn't erase but did what Apple calls "Erase in Install") Last weekend I used the 7 pass erase/write zeros before the installation on the PB. This took some 4-5 hours. I have an empty HD on my MacPro where I am considering "testing" Leopard. Is it really necessary to erase and write zeros more than One Time? With a 500GB HD, I would guess the 7 pass process would take a day to complete.

Whether or not, a zero out on a new drive is necessary is up for grabs. It can't hurt. What it will do is spare any bad blocks, if any exist. One zero pass is enough. The 7X and 32X are for more complete data destruction, so any data written to the drive previously cannot be easily retrieved.
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