HD Supply Disposition (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	0 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 30, 2007	Jan. 29, 2012		Jan. 30, 2011		Jan. 31, 2010		Feb. 01, 2009	Oct. 30, 2011
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Equity interest in the newly formed HD Supply	12.50%							12.50%
Payments to Acquire Investments	$ 325,000,000
Impairment of Investment		0	[1]	0	[1]	163,000,000	[1]	163,000,000
Debt guarantee	1,000,000,000								930,000,000
Guaranteed loan expiration date		April 1, 2014
Fair value of the guarantee	16,000,000	67,000,000
Scenario, Previously Reported [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Guaranteed loan expiration date		August 30, 2012
Interest and Other, net [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Charge to Interest and Other, net				51,000,000
HD Supply Inc [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Face Amount	1,000,000,000
HD Supply [Member]
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Earnings (loss) from discontinued operations						$ 41,000,000

[1] Fiscal years ended January 29, 2012, January 30, 2011 and January 31, 2010 include 52 weeks.