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You mean the CD itself is damaged? All you can do is try cleaning it with various commercial products, if that doesn't work I guess it's dead.

You can buy another copy of EU2 for ~$15 on Amazon or download from Gamers Gate.
 
You can think to yourself: damn, I wish I'd backed up this game that I enjoy playing :)