ICloud – How do i restore data from an iCloud backup to the PC after the hard drive crashed

When you restored your phone, did you do the configuration steps in iTunes or on the iPhone itself? Try restoring again, and follow the steps on the iPhone, not in iTunes. I've seen some reports claiming that iCloud restores can only be started from the device itself.

Photo Stream and iCloud Backup are separate — your photos are stored in your iCloud Backup and many of them are duplicated and stored in Photo Stream (unless you deleted them from your camera roll in which case they're not duplicates).

The iCloud backup can be restored whole to your device. You can't restore parts of it — it's all or nothing.

However, there is a workaround:

1. Make a backup of your new device to iTunes.
2. Reset your device to factory settings and restore the iCloud backup.
3. Use Image Capture or iPhoto/Aperture to import the photos.
4. Reset your device to factory settings and restore the iTunes backup.
5. Copy the photos back to your device.