Microsoft has completely locked me out of my own laptop, support doesn't exist and the robot on the phone hangs up on me

[George Orwell 1984]

As stated above, they simply locked me out of an old laptop I have. You're required to "log in" to whatever Microsoft account is attached to the laptop or YOU CANNOT access your own data. This is absolutely appalling. My own property is being held hostage, if I have the system password, I should be able to access my own property. I do not remember what the password to this old irrelevant email account I have is, it's a Hotmail account for christ's sake. WHO USES HOTMAIL? The number the account is attached to for password recovery is linked to a number I haven't had in over 5 years. When I try

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