Hi Josh , a pretty late reply for ur post ... here is my thought . 1) copy system,undo,your_tablespace from cold backup to new destination 2) make "create controlfile " script with new DB name and only the tablespaces you need (with proper path) - Any backup of ur controlfile to trace will make this job easier . do not forget " SET DATABASE " and " RESETLOGS" option. 3) copy ur archive log files too 4) now create controlfile in "startup nomount" mode 5) recover database using backup controlfile until cancel 6) open resetlogs 7) hope this works and I remember (hardly though) doing this long time back Hope this works.. ~ prem ~