Independence War 2 Edge of Chaos fixed EXE DOESN'T WORK?

[Independent Warrior]

Hi!

I made a backup of my Independence War 2 CDs (European release, English language) and I've tried to run the game with the "F12 patch" fixed exe I found here: http://gcw.cdmicro.com/games/pc_indepenence_war_eoc.shtml

But it doesn't work... says I don't have the CD in the drive... the weird thing is, it says the same even if I have THE ORIGINAL CD in the drive! If I use the no-cd, I can't play even with the original disks!

I follow the instructions... just unzip&unace to the installation directory, but...

Anyone can help me to get it to run or direct me to a working no-cd? Thanks!