Extremly slow Purging

[preparac]

When I purge some of my Databases PT3 now needs an incredible amount of time ... like 30 minutes for 1500 Hands for example. Is this normal? Before it purged much faster, it seems to me. Any Idea how to spped up this process (Houskeeping already done ...)
And second question: Can I safely delete the first default Database (PokerTracker 3 Database) or will this cause any problems??
thanks for your help

[WhiteRider]

I wouldn't expect Purge to take that long, no. But in a registered version you can always just create a new database and Delete the old one. So, yes, you can just delete the first default DB if there is nothing in it that you want.