diff --git a/include/ntfs/bootsect.h b/include/ntfs/bootsect.h
index e69de29b..345f48d9 100644
--- a/include/ntfs/bootsect.h
+++ b/include/ntfs/bootsect.h
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+/*
+ * bootsect.h - Exports for bootsector record handling. Part of the Linux-NTFS
+ *		project.
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2000-2002 Anton Altaparmakov
+ *
+ * This program/include file is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+ * by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program/include file is distributed in the hope that it will be
+ * useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty
+ * of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program (in the main directory of the Linux-NTFS
+ * distribution in the file COPYING); if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation,Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ */
+
+#ifndef _NTFS_BOOTSECT_H
+#define _NTFS_BOOTSECT_H
+
+#include "types.h"
+#include "volume.h"
+#include "layout.h"
+
+/**
+ * is_boot_sector_ntfs - check a boot sector for describing an ntfs volume
+ * @b:		buffer containing the boot sector
+ * @silent:	if 1 don't display progress information
+ *
+ * This function checks the boot sector in @b for describing a valid ntfs
+ * volume. Return TRUE if @b is a valid NTFS boot sector or FALSE otherwise.
+ * If silent is FALSE, progress output will be output to stdout. If silent is
+ * TRUE no output to stdout will occur. Errors/warnings to stderr will occur
+ * disregarding the value of silent (but only if configure was run with
+ * --enable-debug).
+ */
+extern BOOL ntfs_boot_sector_is_ntfs(NTFS_BOOT_SECTOR *b, BOOL silent);
+extern int ntfs_boot_sector_parse(ntfs_volume *vol, const NTFS_BOOT_SECTOR *b);
+
+#endif /* defined _NTFS_BOOTSECT_H */
+