"imp" command is used for the purpose in the following way:- suppose my original acccount is "scott" and password is "12345" Now, i want to dump the original account into a custom account named "techgeek" and password "123" so the steps are:- 1)navigate to "run" and type there "exp" after that a command line interface will open with the following queries:- username: (write over here:- scott) password: (write over here:- 12345) Export file: EXPDAT.DMP > c:\scott.dmp Now again, goto to the command line interface by typing "cmd" in "run" Now, here begins the actual command:- imp userid=techgeek/123 fromuser=scott touser=techgeek file=c:\scott.dmp I hope i got the correct ans. (My instincts are different from your instincts, techgeek ...pung..pam pam pam pam..sponsor of technology... )