Já nepotřebuju ale obnovit symlink - a je to úplně fuk, protože jak symlink na jedné, tak samotný soubor na druhé partition žádný z obnovacích programů nevidí, vůbec.
Stalo se přesně tohle (co se týče zmínek o mazání:
Junctions are wormholes in the tree structure of a directed graph. By browsing a Junction a maybe far distant location in the file system is made available. Modifying, Creating, Renaming and Deleting files within a junction tree structure operates at the junction target, i.e. if you delete a file in a Junction it is deleted at the original location.