SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET AND CASH FLOW INFORMATION (Details 3) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended
May 04, 2014	May 05, 2013
SUPPLEMENTAL BALANCE SHEET AND CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Cash paid for interest	$ 206	$ 260
Original issue discount and PIK interest paid	1	364
Extinguishment of Debt		889
Cash paid for income taxes, net of refunds	1	2
Term Loan Facility
Supplemental Cash Flow Information
Financing fees	$ 1

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Amount of debt issuance costs (for example, but not limited to, legal, accounting, broker, and regulatory fees).

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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

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-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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