Can't rename a Canvio 2TB USB 3.0 drive

Hi, I've just got 2 Canvio 2TB USB 3.0 drives but couldn't rename either drive in Windows 7's explorer nor Mac OS X's Finder (with the Mac NTFS driver installed). Tho the new name is shown from the drive's "properties" but the name appear in Explorer is still the default "Toshiba Canvio Hard Drive". This is inconvient when I have 2 drives mounted but can't tell which one is which.

I always wipe new external drives clean.
If you have an autorun.inf file in the root, then ljaygould is probably right. It's this line that needs to change.
   label=Toshiba Canvio Hard Drive
Microsoft recommends you disable autorun altogether. Too much malware uses it.
   How to disable the Autorun functionality in Windows
-Jerry

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