Why did my startup disk name change after Lion installaion?

I recently upgraded my 2008 MacBook Pro to Lion. I noticed later that my hard drive (startup) name was changed to "240ik=-`o9". Has anyone else seen this before? Any idea what caused it? Do I need to be concerned? Thanks.

goldbear,
I can't figure out how to rename the drive. You have any idea how? Thanks.
Just click on the HD icon and depres the "return" key. Then type Macintosh HD.
One way to prevent that from happening again, is to go to the Finder>Preferences...>General menu and deselect the "Hard disks" option.

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