SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET AND CASH FLOW INFORMATION - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2016	Feb. 01, 2015	Feb. 02, 2014
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Cash paid for interest	$ 397	$ 456	$ 527
Original issue discounts paid and PIK interest	12	1	364
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds	$ 16	39	8
Amount paid in order to stop the accrual of interest on the Tentative Settlement amount		$ 27
Amount of debt extinguished			$ 889

Represents the debt discount and interest paid other than in cash.

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Represents the amount paid in order to stop the accrual of interest on the Tentative Settlement amount.

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Gross amount of debt extinguished.

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The amount of cash paid during the current period to foreign, federal, state, and local authorities as taxes on income, net of any cash received during the current period as refunds for the overpayment of taxes.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6367179&loc=d3e4297-108586

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The amount of cash paid for interest during the period net of cash paid for interest that is capitalized.

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