diff --git a/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs b/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs
index 254a1213b..f764baa4a 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/disk/endpoint.rs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ pub struct Endpoint {
 impl Display for Endpoint {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         if self.url.scheme() == "file" {
-            write!(f, "{}", self.url.path())
+            write!(f, "{}", self.get_file_path())
         } else {
             write!(f, "{}", self.url)
         }
@@ -42,13 +42,9 @@ impl TryFrom<&str> for Endpoint {
 
     /// Performs the conversion.
     fn try_from(value: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
-        /// check whether given path is not empty.
-        fn is_empty_path(path: impl AsRef<Path>) -> bool {
-            ["", "/", "\\"].iter().any(|&v| Path::new(v).eq(path.as_ref()))
-        }
-
-        if is_empty_path(value) {
-            return Err(Error::from_string("empty or root endpoint is not supported"));
+        // check whether given path is not empty.
+        if ["", "/", "\\"].iter().any(|&v| v.eq(value)) {
+            return Err(ErrorCode::EmptyPath().with_message("empty or root endpoint is not supported"));
         }
 
         let mut is_local = false;
@@ -67,35 +63,26 @@ impl TryFrom<&str> for Endpoint {
                     return Err(Error::from_string("invalid URL endpoint format"));
                 }
 
-                let path = Path::new(url.path()).clean();
-                if is_empty_path(&path) {
-                    return Err(Error::from_string("empty or root path is not supported in URL endpoint"));
-                }
+                let path = url.path().to_string();
 
-                if let Some(v) = path.to_str() {
-                    url.set_path(v)
-                }
+                #[cfg(not(windows))]
+                let path = Path::new(&path).absolutize()?;
 
                 // On windows having a preceding SlashSeparator will cause problems, if the
                 // command line already has C:/<export-folder/ in it. Final resulting
                 // path on windows might become C:/C:/ this will cause problems
                 // of starting rustfs server properly in distributed mode on windows.
                 // As a special case make sure to trim the separator.
-
-                // NOTE: It is also perfectly fine for windows users to have a path
-                // without C:/ since at that point we treat it as relative path
-                // and obtain the full filesystem path as well. Providing C:/
-                // style is necessary to provide paths other than C:/,
-                // such as F:/, D:/ etc.
-                //
-                // Another additional benefit here is that this style also
-                // supports providing \\host\share support as well.
                 #[cfg(windows)]
-                {
-                    let path = url.path().to_owned();
-                    if Path::new(&path[1..]).is_absolute() {
-                        url.set_path(&path[1..]);
-                    }
+                let path = Path::new(&path[1..]).absolutize()?;
+
+                if path.parent().is_none() || Path::new("").eq(&path) {
+                    return Err(Error::from_string("empty or root path is not supported in URL endpoint"));
+                }
+
+                match path.to_str() {
+                    Some(v) => url.set_path(v),
+                    None => return Err(Error::from_string("invalid path")),
                 }
 
                 url
@@ -182,6 +169,15 @@ impl Endpoint {
             _ => String::new(),
         }
     }
+
+    pub fn get_file_path(&self) -> &str {
+        let path = self.url.path();
+
+        #[cfg(windows)]
+        let path = &path[1..];
+
+        path
+    }
 }
 
 /// parse a file path into an URL.
diff --git a/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs b/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
index 8a559477e..7f8bd1cc6 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/disk/local.rs
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ impl Debug for LocalDisk {
 
 impl LocalDisk {
     pub async fn new(ep: &Endpoint, cleanup: bool) -> Result<Self> {
-        let root = fs::canonicalize(ep.url.path()).await?;
+        let root = fs::canonicalize(ep.get_file_path()).await?;
 
         if cleanup {
             // TODO: 删除tmp数据
diff --git a/ecstore/src/disk/remote.rs b/ecstore/src/disk/remote.rs
index 9b6597d65..68a5ab31e 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/disk/remote.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/disk/remote.rs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ pub struct RemoteDisk {
 impl RemoteDisk {
     pub async fn new(ep: &Endpoint, _opt: &DiskOption) -> Result<Self> {
         // let root = fs::canonicalize(ep.url.path()).await?;
-        let root = PathBuf::from(ep.url.path());
+        let root = PathBuf::from(ep.get_file_path());
         let addr = format!("{}://{}:{}", ep.url.scheme(), ep.url.host_str().unwrap(), ep.url.port().unwrap());
         Ok(Self {
             id: Mutex::new(None),
diff --git a/ecstore/src/endpoints.rs b/ecstore/src/endpoints.rs
index 5a0cac5cc..8dbee9928 100644
--- a/ecstore/src/endpoints.rs
+++ b/ecstore/src/endpoints.rs
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ impl PoolEndpointList {
                         .map_err(|e| Error::from_string(format!("host '{}' cannot resolve: {}", host, e)))?
                 });
 
-                let path = ep.url.path();
+                let path = ep.get_file_path();
                 match path_ip_map.entry(path) {
                     Entry::Occupied(mut e) => {
                         if e.get().intersection(host_ip_set).count() > 0 {
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ impl PoolEndpointList {
                     continue;
                 }
 
-                let path = ep.url.path();
+                let path = ep.get_file_path();
                 if local_path_set.contains(path) {
                     return Err(Error::from_string(format!(
                         "path '{}' cannot be served by different address on same server",
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ impl PoolEndpointList {
             let mut local_endpoint_count = 0;
 
             for ep in endpoints.as_ref() {
-                ep_path_set.insert(ep.url.path());
+                ep_path_set.insert(ep.get_file_path());
                 if ep.is_local && ep.url.has_host() {
                     local_server_host_set.insert(ep.url.host());
                     local_port_set.insert(ep.url.port());