After downloading LION is there any way to go back to the old operating system?

or once you get lion, there is no going back?
Any way to system recover my mac like you can on a pc? and get all my stuff back if something is lost?
thanks!

I'm unclear on what you're asking. If you're looking for a way to downgrade, that's not an easy process. If you didn't make a full system backup just before upgrading, you have to erase the hard drive, reinstall your old OS and then use the setup assistant to import data from some backup.
If you're just curious how to handle things if the hard drive dies and the system needs reinstalling, note that you can create a Mac OS X install disk from the Lion installer. If you no longer have a copy of the installer (which self-deletes after installing), hold down option and click Purchased in the App Store, then click Install next to Lion. Then just quit the installer once it downloads, since you're already running Lion.
You can also boot into the recovery partition by holding down command+R while starting up. That'll let you repair or reinstall, but obviously won't work if the entire hard drive dies.
As to getting your stuff back... you're responsible for backing up. You need to keep a minimum of two good backups on separate media. Time Machine works well for one of those, something like Carbon Copy Cloner or SuperDuper works will for others.

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- Resetting the car system
Go to Settings > General > Reset and tap Reset All Settings.
All your preferences and settings are reset. Information (such as contacts and calendars) and media (such as songs and videos) aren’t affected.
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