Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - USD ($) $ in Millions		6 Months Ended
		Apr. 30, 2017	Apr. 30, 2016
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net (loss) earnings		$ (345)	$ 587
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) earnings to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		1,632	1,949
Stock-based compensation expense		252	303
Provision for doubtful accounts		(1)	26
Provision for inventory		40	83
Restructuring charges		393	472
Deferred taxes on earnings		506	(31)
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation		(98)	(4)
Loss from equity interests		25	0
Other, net		310	79
Changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
Accounts receivable		301	366
Financing receivables		120	(209)
Inventory		(210)	(186)
Accounts payable		129	(412)
Taxes on earnings		(386)	(347)
Restructuring		(545)	(489)
Other assets and liabilities	[1]	(2,951)	(1,155)
Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities		(828)	1,032
Cash flows from investing activities:
Investment in property, plant and equipment		(1,681)	(1,552)
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment		142	200
Purchases of available-for-sale securities and other investments		(26)	(341)
Maturities and sales of available-for-sale securities and other investments		2	270
Financial collateral posted		(226)	0
Financial collateral returned		49	0
Payments made in connection with business acquisitions, net of cash acquired		(2,050)	(13)
(Payments) proceeds from business divestitures, net	[2]	(20)	315
Net cash used in investing activities		(3,810)	(1,121)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Short-term borrowings with original maturities less than 90 days, net		28	(36)
Proceeds from debt, net of issuance costs		541	570
Payment of debt		(2,102)	(354)
Settlement of cash flow hedge		0	3
Issuance of common stock under employee stock plans		265	18
Repurchase of common stock		(1,311)	(1,212)
Net transfer from former Parent		0	491
Special cash dividend from Everett	[3]	3,008	0
Net transfer of cash and cash equivalents to Everett		(559)	0
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation		98	4
Cash dividends paid		(216)	(190)
Net cash used in financing activities		(248)	(706)
Decrease in cash and cash equivalents		(4,886)	(795)
Cash held for sale	[4]	0	(37)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		12,987	9,842
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period		8,101	9,010
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Net assets transferred to Everett		322	$ 0
Dividend		3,000
Everett SpinCo
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Proceeds from debt		3,500
Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Contributions to benefit plans		2,100
Disposal Group, Disposed of by Means Other than Sale, Not Discontinued Operations, Spinoff | Non-U.S. Defined Benefit Plans
Supplemental schedule of non-cash investing and financing activities:
Contributions to benefit plans		$ 1,900

[1] For the six months ended April 30, 2017, the amount includes $1.9 billion of pension funding payments associated with the spin-off and merger of Everett SpinCo, Inc. with Computer Sciences Corporation.

[2] For the six months ended April 30, 2017, the amount represents a working capital adjustment payment made in connection with the H3C divestiture.

[3] Represents a $3.0 billion cash dividend payment from Everett SpinCo, Inc. to HPE, the proceeds of which were funded from the issuance of $3.5 billion of debt by Everett SpinCo, Inc. The obligations under the debt issuance were retained by Everett SpinCo, Inc. See Note 14, "Borrowings", for more information on the funding arrangement.

[4] During the second quarter of fiscal 2016, the Company received all of the necessary regulatory approvals related to its partnership with Tsinghua Holdings, and as such, the transaction met all of the held for sale criteria. The transaction closed in May 2016. The impact of assets and liabilities reclassified as held for sale during the period was not considered in the changes in operating assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions reconciliation within cash flows from operating activities.