Satellite U940 - SSD drive shows only 11.22GB

Hi,
I got a brand new Satellite U940-B484 Ultrabook.
The first thing I did was finishing the wizard, then I created the recovery media (using external DVD drive) on three 4.7GB DVD discs
We have Windows 8 Pro license, so my friend formatted the system and installed new Windows 8 Pro, he seems to be missed up with the drivers, so we decided to back to factory status to find and download the correct device drivers.
Even after we got the recovery completed we still have two issues:
Major issue: SSD drive shows only 11.22GB capacity!!
Minor issue: a device in the device manager isn't working correctly!!
Is there any logical explanation for the SSD size to go down from 32 GB to 11 GB????
The only think came across my mind was the possibility to have 2x16GB and the RAID (for some reason) changed from RAID 0 to RAID 1. But even if that is true, where on earth can I change that from?

> Major issue: SSD drive shows only 11.22GB capacity!!
On my clean preinstalled Satellite U940 SSD is listed as unallocated drive with 11.19GB capacity. As far as I know this small SSD is not there for data saving but as small drive that helps and allows fast start-up.
Fast start-up is a setting that helps your PC start up faster after shutdown. Windows does this by saving system info to a file upon shutdown. When you start your PC again, Windows uses that system info to resume your PC instead of restarting it.
> Minor issue: a device in the device manager isn't working correctly!!
Which device? USB host controller maybe?

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