Can't mount my external hdd

when I was transfering the files my system got hang and I have to physically restart it while the files where transfering to hdd now its now mounting but it does getting displayed and the error I am getting is this :

An error occurred while accessing ‘Elements’, the system responded: The requested operation has failed: Error mounting /dev/sdc1 at /run/media/brijesh/Elements: Unknown error when mounting /dev/sdc1

help?

Not too sure how to fix this however you should never force shutdown by the power button. Have a read of this so you can safely shutdown in future [Tip] Enable Magic SysRq Key (REISUB)

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