Probook 4540s notebook - need help recovering machine

Hello everyone,
on July 30th of this year, my Probook 4540s notebook was stolen from my home. Luckily the person who broke in was caught recently and I got back my notebook. He hacked the machine and got rid of my login so he could use/try to sell it. Is there any way to restore my login or possibly do the same to his to see if I might be able to salvage some of my files or see if they are still there at all? None of my login details seem to be there and everything I tried did not give me access back to the machine. I bought a new Probook 4540s because I like it so much, but now I want to salvage anything I can then sell the stolen machine to help the process of moving on from this whole experience. Can anybody help me figure this out? And if not, what do I need to do to just reset the machine so I know any of my data is gone and I can get rid of it? Thanks for reading.
-Brian

Dear Customer
Welcome and Thank you for posting your query on HP Support Forum
It looks like you are trying to login to your Notebook as usual with your credentials. I am not sure if we can do that
however I would request with you to click on the below shown link and check if this helps any way
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/12206-microsoft-account-password-change-reset-windows-8-a.html
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