The Microsoft account you’ve entered does not exist.

I didn't log into my hotmail account for over 365 days which means it's deleted. However whenever I try to recreate it, it says the username is already created. But then I try to log back into that account and it doesn't tell me wrong password, it says the username does not exist. I really need this username back because I have an account linked to it and cannot reset the password for that account without this email address.