WINDOWS MEDIA CREATION TOOL SEVERELY LIMITS YOUR USB FLASH DRIVE

I have been having ZERO luck at creating a Recovery Drive on my Win 11 laptop.

So I tried the Windows Media Creation Tool.

It converted my 126 GB USB flash drive to a USELESS 31.9 GB drive.  After using up a lot of space for inbuilt files, it reduced to far less capacity.  THERE WAS NO WARNING ON THE MICROSOFT WEBSITE THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN.

Microsoft claimed "Installation media, such as a USB flash drive, can be used to install a new copy of Windows, perform a clean installation of Windows, or reinstall Windows."  https://support.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d 

The Media Creation Tool didn't have the sense to leave a FULL 32 GB or more free.

So my expensive 126 GB flash drive has been converted to a far less item and it's NOT EVEN GOOD ENOUGH TO create a Recovery Drive.

COMPLAINT TO MICROSOFT: 

(1)  Why didn't the Tool leave my USB flash drive at over at least 100 GB?

(2)  Why no warning on what would happen?