Yes, they can be saved if your preferences survived!
Andrew Rodney said:
IF you don't save your actions a .atn files, they are no longer. This really bugs me about Photoshop! You build an action, it shows up in the Action palette. But should Photoshop take a dump or you lose your preferences etc, that set of actions is gone unless you actually save them to the hard drive as a .atn file.
This is mostly untrue. If you lose your preferences, then they are gone. That is true. The rest is untrue.
That said, take a look at:
C:\Documents and Settings\
Username\Application Data\Adobe\Photoshop\9.0\Adobe Photoshop CS2 Settings\Actions Palette.psp
replacing
Username with your login. Note psp is likely PhotoShopPreference and not Paint Shop Pro. ;o)
Then copy this file from your old install to your new one.
Mac users should be able to find it is a similar subdirectory under under their home directory. i.e.,
Bring up a shell, type
cd ~ and type
ls -a and start looking for PS directories. Note the
-a flag shows hidden (dot) files. Eventually you should be able to dig down and find it. Or try a search on *.psp files and ensure you search hidden directories.
all the best,
Sean