I made a 3 part video series on how to set up Electrum for
Cool Storage.Thanks to @Lavender and @Abdussamad for helping me set it up. I didn't find it that easy, so I thought I'd do a few videos to help others set theirs up.
I am calling it
Cool Storage because it is not on a physical separate machine, so I felt it wasn't right to call it cold storage, but I think it gives adequate security if you don't have a spare machine dedicated to offline storage, and is certainly more secure than using a bitcoin client on your main online Windows PC.
If you find it useful there's a
Tipping address: 14o6RP2dnyehLCtz6Cdc2vsg2iL6tZ2zNd
I don't have a YouTube account so have uploaded to media fire, where the videos can be downloaded for offline viewing if you want, can also be streamed I believe.
Part 1 How to set up a VirtualBox machine with Lubuntu Linux inside to host the wallet
http://www.mediafire.com/watch/ny38wj7u7iqbx3u/Bitcoin%20Cool%20Storage%20How%20To%20-%20Part%201.mp4Part 2 How to install and configure the offline wallet and the online "watching" wallet. How to send bitcoin to cool storage
http://www.mediafire.com/watch/8hw3dd4p8x8f9yw/BitCoin%20Cool%20Storage%20How%20To%20-%20Part%202.mp4Part 3 How to spend money from cool storage
http://www.mediafire.com/watch/nzo3j0ibs3yb737/BitCoin%20Cool%20Storage%20How%20To%20-%20Part%203.mp4Single link to all three files
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/tjycvj1q73cfz/BitcoinCoolStorageHope it helps someone.