W510 Problem installing with 2 ssd no cd drive

I am reinstalling my w510 with to vertex drives in it.
I am trying to install win7 on it.
This i am doing from a bootable usb stick.
It starts the only problem is it does not go past the drive selection.
If i try to load the driver i get a error. Maybe i am using a wrong driver.
Can someone help me with this? i do have a raid 0 setup.
i think i have some wrong driver the model i have is 4389-2HG
hope to hear from you guys soon.
Paul
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Do you have the USB stick inserted into one of the blue USB 3.0 ports? If so please try with the USB stick inserted in a black USB 2.0 Port and let us know if you experience the same problem.
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</gripe on>
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