I lost my account, gained access again now all my old emails are gone. Can i get them back?

About two years ago I lost access to my Hotmail. I forgot my password and had no way of recovering my account. Apathy set in  I was at a point in my life where email didn't really matter to me. A few months later to losing my account i made a gmail account which i have been actively using. Yesterday i thought it would be cool to see some of my old emails. So i recovered my account. To my surprise thier were none of my old emails in my inbox. Or any of the ones i would have received after loosing access to my account.  Did Hotmail wipe them their servers forever or is there anyway to recover them?