Going from Photoshop CS3 to CS4 question

If I have Photoshop CS3 and want to upgrade to CS4, will I lose all of my brushes?

yeaaa i lost all of my brushes but i had back ups so it was ok

You should always archive your tools... Your brushes are not gone, they are just configured with the earlier version so you are going to have to look into the folder for them.