Well, thanks Nathan_H for the instructions on how to completely clean the drives so that I can rebuild a new array. This worked and its now back up and running fine (for now).
I will NOT make the mistake again of confusing a RAID 5 for a backup. I now have my data stored on 2 completely separate items of hardware, and am still hurting from the cost of data recovery. If only WD could create something more than Diagnostics, like a proper recovery system or even a NAS that didnt cause so many headaches… then I might recommend it to others. Overall, its a Thumbs Down to WD from me.
