There are 2.54 cm in one inch and there are 18 inches in half a yard so there are 2.54 times 18 = 45.72 cm in half a yard.
Only basic disks can be cloned with Acronis True Image 2016. You cannot clone dynamic disks. Checking if you have basic or dynamic disks. You can use Windows Disk Management to see if you have basic or dynamic disks: Hit Start-Run and type in diskmgmt.msc.
Also there is a possibility to access an USB storage, there are drivers for emulation (USB->SCSI). Free Disk Copy Software - MiniTool Drive Copy is a Free Disk Copy Software and Disk Cloning tool. MiniTool Drive Copy can copy and clone FAT12, FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, NTFS and NTFS5 partitions. Whatever the disk is IDE, SATA, SCSI or removable drive.