24" iMac HD Replacement & Warranty

I have an early 2008 iMac 24" with a 500 GB HD. I also have the extend Apple warranty that is good until May 2011.
If I take the iMac to a service center listed on the Apple website and have them replace the hard drive with a 2 TB HD will my warranty still be good?
Is there a particular drive I should be looking for or to avoid? I want to dual boot with Windows 7 and have 1 TB for each OS.

The warranty should be good however the replacement drive would not be covered as that wasn't what originally came in the iMac. When you say it has an "extended Apple warranty" I'm assuming you mean AppleCare.
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