1. Simply insert your backup into cd or dvd rom.
2. Install game.
3. After install finishes, leave CD-1 in the drive.
4. Do not run using the normal shortcut.
5. Download Securom_loader V1.0 at
http://www.daemon-tools.cc/dtcc/down...Download&id=88
6. Run the .exe and open the "sweaw.exe" in C:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars Empire at War\GameData directory and it should work fine. It did for me.
7. If this doesn't work the first time you try to open, just keep trying...eventually it will work.
8. For some reason, mine works better while inserted into my cd/dvd burner.
Its kind of a pain but it works good enough until the no cd crack is released.
Plus you don't even need Daemon Tools or CureRom.
Cheers!