Life after hotmail lockout?

12. November 2012 · Write a comment · Categories: Hotmail, Outlook.com · Tags: , , , ,
I have recently been locked out of the hotmail account I've had for over 10 years. I tried 3 times to recover it, giving a lot of info which should have confirmed my identity perfectly. i now have a new hotmail address, but obviously have a blank contacts list. Two questions:

Is it possible to somehow retrieve my old contacts list, so that I can inform them of my new email address?
Has my old email account been destroyed? If it has been hack I wouldn't want anyone else using it!!

This has been a nightmare which has nearly put me off hotmail for life!    

Peter