Iso Files and Regional codes?

I was wondering: If you make a DVD an ISO file to mount it on some virtual DVD drive of yours, does the ISO still have a regional code? Can you change the regional code of a virtual drive or do they just "take" the regional code from the "real" DVD-ROM in your computer?

I hope that's understandable.

I'm trying to "save" my old Beauty & the Beast DVD until Disney will sell new ones. It's from 2002 and has already some scratches, thanks to the kids and you can't buy a new one, so I'm making a ISO file from it. Problem is, I bought my laptop in Europe and they have reg code 2 there, so I'm wondering if I put that ISO onto my laptop, will I still be able to play it, despite it being a reg 2 laptop? (And don't tell me to mess up with the DVDRom on my laptop - it's not working.)

generally to make an ISO file of a DVD thats region encoded you will probably need a de-coding program that will bi-pass the copy protection of the DVD. These programs also remove all region encoding if you so choose depending on which one of these applications you get.

Also important to note that while these applications are not specifically illegal, the copying of DVD's generally is.