How do I roll back to Snow Leopard 10.6 from os X lion?

I need to roll back to 10.6.
Scrolling up/down is opposite of what it used to be, at least in mail.
4 fingers in Leopard would move to previous or next email now 4 or even 3 fingers just changes size of window and shows other windows.
VMWare fusion doesn't work under Lion so I can't get to my Windows apps.
The screen in iSilo doesn't scroll properly.
My slideshow maker "FotoMagico" doesn't work at all.
I really need to get back to 10.6 asap.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Ivan

you can change the gestures back in the system prefs if you prefer it the other way as I did.

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1. Boot from your Snow Leopard Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
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4. Quit DU and return to the installer. Install Snow Leopard.
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