Brushes disappeared?

I was working on some photos for a client , working with the gradient tool for black and white conversion...then the gradient tool switched gradients which i didnt realize was the prblem at first so I rebooted my computer ..when I turned it back on all my brushes were gone....someone mentined something about preferences.....help please ...some of the brushes i had are no longer in my downloads...and I had a ton and dont have time to reload all of them...

Are they not available in the dropdown menu of the Brush Presets Panel?

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