Changing Reel Name

Hi,
I'm creating a video archive with the footage we've recently acquired, and have a question about changing the reel name in the logging info window. I want to change the reel name to correspond to the new tape label numbers I've created for the archive, but when I try to change the reel name FCP tells me that this will change the timecode info and the file itself. Is it best to not mess with the reel name and instead mark my tape numbers in another field like comments?
Thanks,
matt

well originally I hadn't labeled the tapes in FCP while capturing at all because the tapes themselves weren't physically labeled. I decided to go back and label and organize them and now have to go back and update the info in FCP. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't messing with the media at all by changing the reel names.
Thanks,
matt

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