From 33216b093dfbc979bacb544571c1335ed6887c03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel <845765@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 11:34:24 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] :art: Prompt when the user attempts to create a workspace
 in the root directory of the disk
 https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/issues/15976

Signed-off-by: Daniel <845765@qq.com>
---
 kernel/api/workspace.go | 24 +++++++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/kernel/api/workspace.go b/kernel/api/workspace.go
index 81d0318e9..b1fbddd98 100644
--- a/kernel/api/workspace.go
+++ b/kernel/api/workspace.go
@@ -52,17 +52,19 @@ func checkWorkspaceDir(c *gin.Context) {
 	}
 
 	// 检查路径是否包含其他文件
-	entries, err := os.ReadDir(path)
-	if err != nil {
-		ret.Code = -1
-		ret.Msg = fmt.Sprintf("read dir [%s] failed: %s", path, err)
-		return
-	}
-	if 0 < len(entries) {
-		ret.Code = -1
-		ret.Msg = model.Conf.Language(274)
-		ret.Data = map[string]interface{}{"closeTimeout": 7000}
-		return
+	if !util.IsWorkspaceDir(path) {
+		entries, err := os.ReadDir(path)
+		if err != nil {
+			ret.Code = -1
+			ret.Msg = fmt.Sprintf("read dir [%s] failed: %s", path, err)
+			return
+		}
+		if 0 < len(entries) {
+			ret.Code = -1
+			ret.Msg = model.Conf.Language(274)
+			ret.Data = map[string]interface{}{"closeTimeout": 7000}
+			return
+		}
 	}
 
 	if isInvalidWorkspacePath(path) {

From dbf5a3e198bfcce3136858a8a723aa9c6e4f99ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel <845765@qq.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2025 17:04:03 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] :art: Prompt when the user attempts to create a workspace
 in the root directory of the disk
 https://github.com/siyuan-note/siyuan/issues/15976

Signed-off-by: Daniel <845765@qq.com>
---
 app/electron/init.html | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 48 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/electron/init.html b/app/electron/init.html
index 415196e4e..712d0eb93 100644
--- a/app/electron/init.html
+++ b/app/electron/init.html
@@ -383,6 +383,24 @@
             }
             const initPath = result.filePaths[0]
 
+            if (isPartitionRootPath(initPath)) {
+                let msg = '⚠️ Do not create the workspace in the partition root path, please create a new folder as the workspace'
+                if (isChinese(currentLang)) {
+                    msg = '⚠️ 请勿在分区根路径上创建工作空间，请新建一个文件夹作为工作空间'
+                }
+                alert(msg)
+                return
+            }
+
+            if (!isWorkspaceDir(initPath) && !isEmptyDir(initPath)) {
+                let msg = '⚠️ This folder contains other files, please create a new folder as the workspace'
+                if (isChinese(currentLang)) {
+                    msg = '⚠️ 该文件夹包含了其他文件，请新建一个文件夹作为工作空间'
+                }
+                alert(msg)
+                return
+            }
+
             if (isICloudPath(initPath)) {
                 let msg = '⚠️ This folder is under the iCloud sync path, please change another path'
                 if (isChinese(currentLang)) {
@@ -417,6 +435,36 @@
         })
     })
 
+    const isPartitionRootPath = (absPath) => {
+        const path = require('path')
+        const parsedPath = path.parse(absPath)
+        return parsedPath.root === absPath
+    }
+
+    const isEmptyDir = (absPath) => {
+        const fs = require('fs')
+        let files;
+        try {
+            files = fs.readdirSync(absPath)
+        } catch (err) {
+            return false
+        }
+        return 0 === files.length
+    }
+
+    const isWorkspaceDir = (absPath) => {
+        const path = require('path');
+        const fs = require('fs');
+        const conf = path.join(absPath, 'conf', 'conf.json');
+        let data;
+        try {
+            data = fs.readFileSync(conf, 'utf8');
+        } catch (err) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return data.includes('kernelVersion');
+    }
+
     const isCloudDrivePath = (absPath) => {
         const absPathLower = absPath.toLowerCase()
         return -1 < absPathLower.indexOf("onedrive") || -1 < absPathLower.indexOf("dropbox") ||