Firewire LAN to use harddrive in PC

I´ve got a 7200rpm Seagate 120gb drive stuck in a PC. Is there a chance that I could use that drive as drive to record to. Has anyone tried to record with garageband on a networked drive?
Or is the only option to take the drive out of the PC and stick into a Firewire enclosure?
Thanks for your advice!
Matthias

I'm going to amend that ...
You still will not get the full benefits of the drive's speed, however I set up a quick test just to see.
2 Notes: This is not really Real World, I only recorded 30 second clips for the sake of time. Additionally, some are convinced that I use voodoo.
I set up a project across a network and began recording and was able to record 20 tracks before I got bored. The UI was a little jerky right from the start, but it kept right on recording and I could have gone more. I was peaking 4.4MB/s being sent to me across my 100bT wired net when I quit the test.
So in short: Try it. a FW enclosure would likely give you better results, but it wouldn't hurt to try.
Good luck --HangTime [Will Compute for Food] B-|>

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Hello Meldrewoflewes,
Your Question " Can one computer be set up with the USB software for local printing and the other with Ethernet,and still access the printer? "
Answer : Yes
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