Mac Pro early 2008 2 x 2.8GHz Quad Core 10.7.5, replaced 4 x 500ghds with 4 x 3Tb and Raid card Raid5 them OK but can not load time machine back up as it does not see any of the 4 drives, neither does disc utilities, any thoughts?

On my Mac Pro, early 2008 2 x 2.8GHz Quad Core 10.7.5, replaced 4 x 500ghds with 4 x 3Tb. The Raid card Raid 5ed them OK but can not load time machine back up as it does not see any of the 4 drives, neither does disc utilities, any thoughts?

You don't see drives when using a hardware RAID only the volumes.
WD Green are not suitable for hardware RAID (or software RAID for that matter).
USB2 and TimeMachine are a disaster waiting to happen. I've used SATA (internal) and eSATA (using SATA PCIe cards) trouble-free.
I can't say I begin to understand your use or "choosing the install drive for the backup"
Install what?
You don't load TimeMachine. Maybe seems minor but that is not how to describe the behavior of software.
You read FAQ and How To http://www.apple.com/support/timemachine
Time Machine’s Gory Details:
https://www.apple.com/support/timemachine/
TimeMachine 101
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1427
Lion Recovry & TimeMachine
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/installrecovery/
http://www.apple.com/support/lion/
How To Restore Your System
http://pondini.org/TM/14.htmlMac OS X v10.7 Lion
Pondini's Blog: Time Machine - Troubleshooting -- B5.  Would you like to inherit (or re-use) the backup . . . ?

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      Removable Media: No
      Detachable Drive: No
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      Negotiated Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
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      Serial Number:       KRVN67ZAK1RKSF
      Native Command Queuing: Yes
      Queue Depth: 32
      Removable Media: No
      Detachable Drive: No
      BSD Name: disk0
      Medium Type: Rotational
      Bay Name: Bay 3
      Partition Map Type: GPT (GUID Partition Table)
      S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
      Volumes:
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      Capacity: 209.7 MB (209,715,200 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk0s1
      Content: EFI
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      File System: Journaled HFS+
      BSD Name: disk0s2
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      Content: Apple_Boot
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      Capacity: 500.11 GB (500,107,862,016 bytes)
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      Revision: K2AOAB5A
      Serial Number:       KRVN67ZAK1RKSF
      Native Command Queuing: Yes
      Queue Depth: 32
      Removable Media: No
      Detachable Drive: No
      BSD Name: disk0
      Medium Type: Rotational
      Bay Name: Bay 3
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      S.M.A.R.T. status: Verified
      Volumes:
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      Content: EFI
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      Writable: Yes
      File System: Journaled HFS+
      BSD Name: disk0s2
      Mount Point: /
      Content: Apple_HFS
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      Capacity: 650 MB (650,002,432 bytes)
      BSD Name: disk0s3
      Content: Apple_Boot
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      Vendor: Intel
      Product: ESB2 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported
    Intel ESB2 AHCI:
      Vendor: Intel
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    Intel ESB2 AHCI:
      Vendor: Intel
      Product: ESB2 AHCI
      Link Speed: 3 Gigabit
      Description: AHCI Version 1.10 Supported

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