Condensed Combined Financial Information - Condensed Combined Balance Sheet (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Oct. 31, 2015	Oct. 31, 2014	Oct. 31, 2013
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Current assets excluding intercompany receivables	$ 608,106	$ 741,000
Intercompany receivables	0	0
Fixed assets, net	160,379	213,768
Intangible assets, net	114,363	135,510
Other assets	29,014	47,086
Investment in subsidiaries	0	0
Total assets	922,523	1,255,982	$ 1,617,012
Debtor-in-possession financing	87,734	0
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and income taxes payable	143,517	168,307
Intercompany payable	0	0
Total current liabilities not subject to compromise	572,260	350,387
Deferred income taxes - long-term and other long-term liabilities	33,585	16,790
Total liabilities not subject to compromise	636,530	1,199,748
Liabilities subject to compromise (See Note 23)	575,660	0
Total liabilities	1,212,190	1,199,748
Stockholders’/invested equity (deficit)	(289,667)	53,876
Total liabilities and equity/(deficit)	922,523	$ 1,255,982
Debtors [Member]
Condensed Balance Sheet Statements, Captions [Line Items]
Current assets excluding intercompany receivables	177,395
Intercompany receivables	71,312
Fixed assets, net	56,573
Intangible assets, net	53,806
Other assets	1,973
Investment in subsidiaries	453,132
Total assets	814,191
Debtor-in-possession financing	70,641
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities and income taxes payable	60,921
Intercompany payable	36,291
Total current liabilities not subject to compromise	167,853
Deferred income taxes - long-term and other long-term liabilities	30,626
Total liabilities not subject to compromise	198,479
Liabilities subject to compromise (See Note 23)	575,660
Total liabilities	774,139
Stockholders’/invested equity (deficit)	40,052
Total liabilities and equity/(deficit)	$ 814,191